title: Effect of argan and olive oil consumption on the hormonal profile of androgens among healthy adult Moroccan men.
abstract: This study aimed to assess the effect of virgin argan oil (VAO) and extra virgin olive oil (EVO) on the hormonal profile of androgens and anthropometric parameters among healthy adult Moroccan men during a controlled nutritional intervention. The study was carried out on 60 young and healthy male volunteers aged between 23 and 40 years old. During a stabilization period of 2 weeks they consumed butter. The group was then randomized into two categories, the first one consuming VAO and the second EVO for 3 weeks. Testosterone (T), luteinizing hormone (LH) and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEAS) serum concentrations were measured at the beginning of the study and at the end of each period. The Mann-Whitney test was used to compare the two groups (VAO and EVO) during each step of the study. Differences in androgens and anthropometric parameters between the baseline and after 3 weeks of the diet in the VAO and EVO groups were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. T and LH serum concentrations significantly increased after the intervention period. T levels increased by 19.9% and 17.4% (p < 0.0001), and LH levels by 18.5% (p < 0.007) and 42.6% (p < 0.0001), respectively, for VAO and EVO (p < 0.0001). However, DHEAS serum concentrations, body weight, body mass index, arterial pressure and daily energetic intake did not show any significant variation after the intervention with either argan or olive oils. The results suggest that consumption of AVO and EVO might be the origin of a positive action on the androgen hormonal profile of men.
authors.affiliation: Université Hassan II Mohammedia Casablanca, Faculté des Sciences Ben M'sik, Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Lipoprotéines et l'Athérosclérose (URAC 34), Casablanca, Morocco. afderouiche@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Abdelfettah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Derouiche
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jafri
authors.forename: Issam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Driouch
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Khasmi
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adlouni
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benajiba
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bamou
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saile
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benouhoud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000728:Androgens / Q000097:blood; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000097:blood*; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000494:pharmacology*; D029632:Sapotaceae; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils; D013739:Testosterone; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone; C555574:argan oil; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone