Alkylresorcinols as an Indicator of Whole-Grain Intake and Its Relation to Colorectal Carcinoma
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Alkylresorcinols are phenolic lipids
that exclusively present in the outer parts of wheat and rye grains. They have
been proposed as specific dietary biomarkers of whole-grain wheat and rye
intake. Dietary fibers protective role aganist colorectal cancer has been
postulated several decades ago. AIM: To verify the relation of dietary fiber
intake and incidence of colorectal cancer using plasma total Alkylresorcinols
concentrations as an indicator of whole-grain intake. METHODS: 148 Subjects
were enrolled and categorixed into two groups; Group (A): 62 patients with
colorectal cancer and Group (B): 86 subjects with normal colonoscopy “control
group”. Blood samples were withdrawn from the patients after overnight fasting
for detection of Alkylresorcinols levels. RESULTS: Detection of the
Alkylresorcinols levels; C17, C21 and Total Cs were significantly higher in the
control group in comparison to colorectal cancer group, C19 levels showed no
significant difference. CONCLUSION: People with high intake of fibers especially
cereals probably have a lower risk of developing cancer colon.
Country : Egypt/India
1 Shalaby S.I.2 Mayssa E-Rzky3 Mofeed Shehab4 Dina Sabry5 Ihab K.Abdel-Aziz6 Mohamed AbdAllah7 Omar El Shabacy8 Devendra Kumar Awasthi
Department of Complementary Medicine, Medical Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Egypt
Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Department of Complementary Medicine, Medical Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Egypt
Department of Chemistry, Sri JN MPG College, Lucknow, India
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