The Effect of Lemon Juice on The Concentration of Glucose and Some Hormones in Experimentally Fattened Male New Zeland Rabbits

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Iman Mohammad Said Jallod, Muntaha Mahmoud Al-Kattan

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The current study was conducted to figure out the effect of experimental fattening of white New Zealand male rabbits and the use of lemon juice on the concentration of glucose and some hormones in the blood serum of these rabbits. 40 white male New Zealand rabbits were used, their ages ranged between 8-10 months, and weights between 1250-1400 g. They were divided into two groups of 20 rabbits/group and placed in separate cages. The first group was fed the standard provender, while the second group was fed a special fattening provender rich in fat for a period of 12 weeks, and after the end of the period, all rabbits were weighed, and each group was divided into two groups with 10 rabbits/group, the control group, the lemon group, the fattening group and the fattening group with lemon: these groups were subjected to standard conditions of provender and water, and the lemon group and the fattening group with lemon were dosed with lemon juice 4 ml / kg for 8 weeks, where the dose was daily. The results showed that treatment with lemon juice led to a significant decrease at the probability level (p ≥ 0.0001) in the concentration levels of glucose, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), thyronine, thyroxine and leptin in both the lemon group and the fattening group with lemon compared to the control group and the fattening group respectively, while there was a significant increase in the insulin hormone and adiponectin in both the lemon group and the fattening group with lemon compared to the control group and the fattening group, respectively.

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