title: The liver antioxidant status of fattening lambs is improved by naringin dietary supplementation at 0.15% rates but not meat quality.
abstract: Twenty Assaf lambs fed barley straw plus a concentrate alone (CONTROL group) or enriched with naringin (1.5 g/kg DM, NARINGIN group) were used to assess the effect of this polyphenolic compound on meat quality attributes. Serum samples were collected for 7 weeks, then the animals were slaughtered and the livers and longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscles extracted for analysis. Triacylglycerol levels in the serum samples tended to show (P = 0.087) lower average values for the NARINGIN group when compared with the CONTROL, but no differences were observed when the meat was analysed for the intramuscular fat content. Lower thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances procedure (TBARS) values (P < 0.001) in the liver of the NARINGIN group were detected, probably as a consequence of naringenin accumulation in this organ. No significant differences were observed in the meat samples concerning TBARS or colour evolution during refrigerated storage, as not enough naringenin would have reached the muscle. Independent of naringin administration, the low levels of the most atherogenic oxysterols must be highlighted as the most important quality score in the lamb meat samples studied.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña, CSIC - Universidad de León, Finca Marzanas, E-24346 Grulleros, León, Spain. raul.bodas@eae.csic.es
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bodas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jordán
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: López-Campos
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Giráldez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morán
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andrés
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D001823:Body Composition / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D044950:Flavanones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001467:Hordeum; D008099:Liver / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D008460:Meat / Q000592:standards*; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D012756:Sheep / Q000378:metabolism*; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D044950:Flavanones; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; C005274:naringin