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Antithrombotic Effects of Amaranthus hypochondriacus Proteins in Rats

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of disability and premature death throughout the world. Diets with antithrombotic components offer a convenient and effective way of preventing and reducing CVD incidence. The aim of the present work was to assess in vivo and ex vivo effects of Amaranthus hypochondriacus proteins on platelet plug formation and coagulation cascade. Amaranth proteins were orally administrated to rats (AG, 8 animals) and bleeding time was determined showing no significant difference compared with control rats (CG, 7 animals). However, results show a strong tendency, suggesting that amaranth proteins are involved in the inhibition of thrombus formation. Non-anticoagulated blood extracted from animals was analyzed with the hemostatometer, where AG parameters obtained were twice the values showed by CG. The clotting tests, thrombin time (TT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), presented a 17 and 14 % clotting formation increase respectively when comparing AG with CG. The ex-vivo assays confirm the hypothesis inferring that amaranth proteins are a potential antithrombotic agent.

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Abbreviations

AG:

Rats fed with amaranth proteins

APTT:

Activated partial thromboplastin time

BT:

Bleeding time

CG:

Rats that were fed with control diet

CVD:

Cardiovascular disease

HG:

Rats injected with heparin

PT:

Prothrombin time

TT:

Thrombin time

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by PIP 11220110101109. We also wish to thank Mariana M. Gonzalez from Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, for helping us during the realization of the clotting tests.

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  1. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA), Calle 47 y 116, 1900, La Plata, Argentina

    Ana Clara Sabbione, María Cristina Añón & Adriana A. Scilingo

  2. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. CCT, La Plata, CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), La Plata, Argentina

    Ana Clara Sabbione, María Cristina Añón & Adriana A. Scilingo

  3. Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CIC), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Avenida 60 y 120 2° piso, La Plata, Argentina

    Gustavo Rinaldi

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Sabbione, A.C., Rinaldi, G., Añón, M.C. et al. Antithrombotic Effects of Amaranthus hypochondriacus Proteins in Rats. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 71, 19–27 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11130-015-0517-2

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