title: Effect of the form of the sesame-based diet on the absorption of lignans.
abstract: The effect of different forms of sesame-based diets on the concentration of plasma lignans was assayed by estimating the levels of certain lignans (sesame lignans and enterolignans) in the plasma of experimental animals. In a series of experiments, male Wistar rats were fed either a raw sesame-enriched diet or a tahini-enriched diet. The plasma concentration of the lignans (sesame lignans and enterolignans) was determined at various time intervals over a 24 h period after a single administration. Enterodiol and enterolactone concentration in the tahini-treated group was significantly higher than in the raw sesame-treated group. In another series of experiments, male Wistar rats were fed, for 15 d, diets enriched in raw dehulled sesame, sesame perisperm, sesame oil, tahini and a polyphenolic extract derived from the seed perisperm. Enterodiol and enterolactone plasma concentration was high in the case of the sesame perisperm in spite of its low concentration in the assessed sesame lignans. Overall, the levels of the sesame lignans and enterolignans present in plasma seem to be influenced not only by the amount of lignan intake but also by other factors such as the form of the sesame-based diet.
authors.affiliation: Pesticide Science Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, PO Box 1678, Thessaloniki 54006, Greece.
authors.forename: Emmanouil N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Papadakis
authors.forename: Despina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lazarou
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grougnet
authors.forename: Prokopios
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Magiatis
authors.forename: Alexios L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Skaltsounis
authors.forename: Euphemia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papadopoulou-Mourkidou
authors.forename: Athanasios I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D015107:4-Butyrolactone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004149:Dioxoles / Q000097:blood; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods; D017705:Lignans / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012639:Seeds; D031685:Sesamum / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004149:Dioxoles; D017705:Lignans; D015107:4-Butyrolactone; C054125:sesamin; C029497:2,3-bis(3'-hydroxybenzyl)butyrolactone