Responses of Zucker Fatty Rats to a Sweetpotato [ <italic>Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam</italic> ] Starch Syrup
2008-01-2175
06/29/2008
- Event
- Content
- Astronauts experience body mass loss while in a microgravity environment. The consumption of sweetpotatoes [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] can provide nutritional stability to astronauts. The objective of this study was to incorporate sweetpotato starch syrup into rats' diets and measure metabolic responses over a five week period. Twenty-four zucker fatty rats were given four treatments (glucose, corn, maple, and sweetpotato syrup) to determine glycemic index values and then randomly assigned into three groups: standard diet; sweetpotato diet; corn syrup diet. Rats assigned the sweetpotato diet exhibited significantly (P<0.05) lower postprandial glucose peaks and triglyceride levels as compared to the standard.
- Pages
- 8
- Citation
- Murphy, T., Datari, B., Srivastava, K., and Bovell-Benjamin, A., "Responses of Zucker Fatty Rats to a Sweetpotato [ Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam ] Starch Syrup," SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-2175, 2008, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-2175.