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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Carrizo F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585587 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
García-Carrizo Francisco F Galmés Sebastià S Picó Catalina C Palou Andreu A Rodríguez Ana María AM
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 20221010 41
Supplementation with the prebiotic pectin is associated with beneficial health effects. We aimed to characterize the cardioprotective actions of chronic high-esterified pectin (HEP) supplementation (10%) in a model of metabolic malprogramming in rats, prone to obesity and associated disorders: the progeny of mild calorie-restricted dams during the first half of pregnancy. Results show that pectin supplementation reverses metabolic malprogramming associated with gestational undernutrition. In thi ...[more]