EFEITO DA QUERCETINA NOS NÍVEIS DE GLICOSE SANGUÍNEA E NO PESO CORPORAL EM RATOS WISTAR.

The repercussion of bioflavonoids in particular quercetin in the scientific field is essentially linked to their chemical characteristics that may be active in the prevention of, for example, cardiovascular and hepatic diseases, which makes it therefore a matter of wide interest for the pharmaceutical industries and to the scientific community. Because they are natural compounds, play a key role in the organism because they possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Especially quercetin, included directly or indirectly in the diet of individuals, but in varying amounts for each food, It stands out for its various properties that exert beneficial activities to the metabolism. This article aimed to verify the effect of quercetin on blood glucose levels and body weight in Wistar rats. In order to perform the study, Wistar rats wererandomly distributed in sedentary controls and they had a standard feeding, and other experimentalgroup supplemented exclusively with quercetin, being evaluated for a certain period. After the intervention period, all animals were reassessed for body weight and blood glucose. Subsequently, from the data obtained, the SPSS software was used, by which the results were statistically analyzed. All procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee on Animal Experimentation and Welfare of the State University of Montes Claros - CEEBEA / Unimontes (approval number: 101/2016). In the results presented here, no significant differences were found in the weight of both groups. Blood glucose in the experimental group was significantly reduced by quercetin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]