title: Ingested maple syrup evokes a possible liver-protecting effect-physiologic and genomic investigations with rats.
abstract: Rats fed a 20%-maple syrup diet (maple syrup group) for 11 d showed significantly lower values of the hepatic function markers than those fed a 20%-sugar mix syrup diet (control). The reason was suggested by a DNA microarray analysis which revealed that the expression of genes for the enzymes of ammonia formation were down-regulated in the liver of the maple syrup group.
authors.affiliation: Project on Health and Anti-aging, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Asuka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: Fumika
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shinozaki
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishijima
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D031002:Acer / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004435:Eating; D023281:Genomics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar