Coenzyme q10 (coq10) supplementation on high-fat fed rats

CONTÍN, MARIO; CANTÚ, SILVANA; VALDEZ, LAURA; GALLEANO, MONICA; BÁEZ, FRANCISCO; LUCINI MAS, AGUSTÍN; RUKAVINA MIKUSIC, NATALIA; FRAGA, CESAR; ROBELLO, ELIZABETH; LEE, HYUN JIN; CHOI, MARCELO; TRIPODI, VALERIA

Mar del Plata

Congreso; Reunión Conjunta SAIC-SAB-AAFE-AACYTAL; 2023

This work was focused on the effects of CoQ10 administration toameliorate the negative effects of a high-fat on rats. Male wistar ratswere divided into 4 groups: control diet (10% calories from fat) (C),control diet+50 mg CoQ10/kg body weight (BW)/day (CoQ), HF diet(60% of calories from fat) (HF) and HF diet+50 mg CoQ10/kg BW/day (HFCoQ) for 12 w. Results: Food and caloric intake, and BWwere evaluated throughout the treatment. CoQ10 supplementationdid not affect neither the consumption of food nor that of energy, butfinal BW was higher in HF respect to C and CoQ (15%, p