Effect of Soy Isoflavone Crude Extract Supplementation on High Fat Diet-induced Insulin Resistance in Ovariectomized Rats

Female Wister rats aged 8 weeks were randomly divided into sham operation group, ovariectomized （OVX） control group, and 20VX groups fed with soy isoflavone crude extract supplementation. The rats had free access to high fat diet and water for 9 weeks. No significant difference was found in body weight （BW）, total abdominal fat, food intake and food utilization rate between OVX control group and 20VX groups. However, the fasting blood glucose and blood lipid levels were significantly higher in 20VX groups than in OVX control group （P〈0.05）. Intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test （IGTI＂） showed that the area under AUC was smaller in 20VX groups than in OVX control group （P〈0.05）. These findings showed that soy isoflavone crude extract supplementation can improve glucose tolerance and prevent high fat diet-induced insulin resistance in ovariectomized rats.

ZnO纳米片的水热合成及其光催化性能

目的以Zn(CH_3COO)_2·2H_2O和NaOH为原料,制备ZnO纳米粒子,并研究ZnO纳米材料的形貌对其光催化性能的影响。方法采用一步水热法合成ZnO片状纳米粒子,通过X-射线粉末衍射(XRD),场发射扫描电镜(FE-SEM)和拉曼光谱(Raman)等分析手段对合成产物的结构和形貌进行表征,探讨反应物摩尔比、水热温度和水热时间等合成条件对形成的ZnO纳米粒子形貌的影响,以及形貌演变机理。通过光催化分解水实验对所制备的ZnO纳米粒子的光催化性能进行测试。结果 Zn^(2+)/OH^-摩尔比为1∶4时,在100℃反应6h,可制得片状的纳米ZnO,其产氢量为313μmol·h^(-1)·g^(-1)。结论在本文制备的ZnO纳米材料中,ZnO纳米片的光催化性能优于短棒状和纤维状的ZnO粒子。