Anti stress-depression effect of acacia honey on chronic unpredictable mild stress rats / Qamarul Hafiz Zainol Abidin
Stress can cause adverse health effects such as depression and metabolic disorder. Meanwhile, Acacia honey is a commonly consume traditional medicine that have been reported to alleviate stress-disorder. Thus, anti stress-depression effects of Acacia honey was investigated. Honey quality and antioxi...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37178/1/37178.pdf |
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| Summary: | Stress can cause adverse health effects such as depression and metabolic disorder. Meanwhile, Acacia honey is a commonly consume traditional medicine that have been reported to alleviate stress-disorder. Thus, anti stress-depression effects of Acacia honey was investigated. Honey quality and antioxidant is an important criterion for honey and therefore were conducted following International Honey Commission guidelines. Acacia honey and Tualang honey (used as honey comparison in preliminary study) were measured to be in good quality and have good amount of phenolic and flavonoid equivalent at 111.23 mg GAE/kg, 14.16 mg CE/kg and 123.33 mg GAE/kg, 29.74 mg CE/kg respectively. |
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