Nicole Fakhoury Sayegh

Nicole Fakhoury Sayegh


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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 February 2019 in Nutrition Research
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NSNicole Fakhoury Sayegh
Nicole Fakhoury Sayegh
VTViviane Trak-Smayra
Viviane Trak-Smayra
RSRaymond Sayegh
Raymond Sayegh
FHFaten Haidar
Faten Haidar
OOOmar Obeid
Omar Obeid
AKAline Khazzaka
Aline Khazzaka

30 May 2024 in Nutrients
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Nicole Fakhoury Sayegh
AHAya Hamdan
Aya Hamdan
SLSarah Lebbos
Sarah Lebbos
TITarek M. Itani
Tarek M. Itani
VTViviane Trak-Smayra
Viviane Trak-Smayra
RSRaymond Sayegh
Raymond Sayegh
Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) is reported to play a role in improving nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and intestinal microbiota (IM). To study spirulina’s effects in the improvement of NAFLD characteristics, IM, and pancreatic–renal lesions induced by a fructose-enriched diet, 40 Wistar healthy male rats, weighing 200–250 g, were randomly divided into four groups of 10, and each rat per group was assigned a diet of equal quantities (20 g/day) for 18 weeks. The first control group (CT) was fed a standardized diet, the second group received a 40% fructose-enriched diet (HFr), and the third (HFr-S5) and fourth groups (HFr-S10) were assigned the same diet composition as the second group but enriched with 5% and 10% spirulina, respectively. At week 18, the HFr-S10 group maintained its level of serum triglycerides and had the lowest liver fat between the groups. At the phylae and family level, and for the same period, the HFr-S10 group had the lowest increase in the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio and the Ruminococcaceae and the highest fecal alpha diversity compared to all other groups (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that at a 10% concentration, spirulina could be used in nutritional intervention to improve IM, fatty liver, metabolic, and inflammatory parameters associated with NAFLD.