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Abstract
Pumpkin is an edible food which can be included in our daily diet that can give various health benefits to improve our overall health. Pumpkin has various effects beneficial to health such as anti-diabetic, anti-carcinogenic, antioxidant and anti-microbial potential. There are other various health beneficial effects of pumpkin also reported such as inhibition of kidney stone formation, hypotensive, anti-inflammatory and blood-coagulatory effects. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of dried pumpkin pulp on obese and hypercholesterolemic rats. Fifty-four male albino rats, weighing 150 ± 5 g of Sprague Dawley strain were fed the standard diet for one week then divided into three groups according to the following: First group: negative control group (6 rats) Rats fed basal diet only. Second group: (Obesity rats) (24 rats) Obesity rats were divided into four sub groups (6 rats each) according the following: • Sub group 1: (the positive control) Rats fed basal diet. • Sub group 2: Rats fed basal diet supplemented with 2.5% dried pumpkin pulp. • Sub group 3: Rats fed basal diet supplemented with 5% dried pumpkin pulp. • Sub group 4: Rats fed basal diet supplemented with 7.5% dried pumpkin pulp.