Increased bioavailability of hesperetin-7-glucoside compared with hesperidin results in more efficient prevention of bone loss in adult ovariectomised rats

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1475-2662|102|7|976-984

ISSN: 0007-1145

Source: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol.102, Iss.7, 2009-10, pp. : 976-984

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Abstract

Hesperidin (Hp), a citrus flavonoid predominantly found in oranges, shows bone-sparing effects in ovariectomised (OVX) animals. In human subjects, the bioavailability of Hp can be improved by the removal of the rhamnose group to yield hesperetin-7-glucoside (H-7-glc). The aim of the present work was to test whether H-7-glc was more bioavailable and therefore more effective than Hp in the prevention of bone loss in the OVX rat. Adult 6-month-old female Wistar rats were sham operated or OVX, then pair fed for 90 d a casein-based diet supplemented or not with freeze-dried orange juice enriched with Hp or H-7-glc at two dose equivalents of the hesperetin aglycone (0·25 and 0·5 %). In the rats fed 0·5 %, a reduction in OVX-induced bone loss was observed regarding total bone mineral density (BMD):+7·0 % in OVX rats treated with Hp (HpOVX) and +6·6 % in OVX rats treated with H-7-glc (H-7-glcOVX) v. OVX controls (P < 0·05). In the rats fed 0·25 % hesperetin equivalents, the H-7-glcOVX group showed a 6·6 % improvement in total femoral BMD v. the OVX controls (P < 0·05), whereas the Hp diet had no effect at this dose. The BMD of rats fed 0·25 % H-7-glc was equal to that of those given 0·5 % Hp, but was not further increased at 0·5 % H-7-glc. Plasma hesperetin levels and relative urinary excretion were significantly enhanced in the H-7-glc v. Hp groups, and the metabolite profile showed the absence of eriodictyol metabolites and increased levels of hesperetin sulphates. Taken together, improved bioavailability of H-7-glc may explain the more efficient bone protection of this compound.