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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2014

Ethanolic extract of Taheebo attenuates increase in body weight and fatty liver in mice fed a high-fat diet.

Won Hee Choi, Min Young Um, Jiyun Ahn, Chang Hwa Jung, Myung Kyu Park, Tae Youl Ha

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Won Hee ChoiResearch Group of Nutrition and Metabolic System, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam 463-746, Korea. kfri2@hanmail.net.
Min Young UmResearch Group of Nutrition and Metabolic System, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam 463-746, Korea. minyoungum@gmail.com.
Jiyun AhnResearch Group of Nutrition and Metabolic System, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam 463-746, Korea. jyan@kfri.re.kr.
Chang Hwa JungResearch Group of Nutrition and Metabolic System, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam 463-746, Korea. chjung@kfri.re.kr.
Myung Kyu ParkErom Life Science Corporation Corporation/R&D Center, Seongnam 443-702, Korea. baduk60@erom.co.kr.
Tae Youl HaResearch Group of Nutrition and Metabolic System, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam 463-746, Korea. tyhap@krfi.re.kr.
Korea University of Science and Technology · KRKorea Food Research Institute · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated whether intake of an ethanolic extract of Taheebo (TBE) from Tabebuia avellanedae protects against body weight increase and fat accumulation in mice with high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity. Four-week old male C57BL/6 mice were fed a HFD (25% fat, w/w) for 11 weeks. The diet of control (HFD) mice was supplemented with vehicle (0.5% sodium carboxymethyl cellulose by gavage); the diet of experimental (TBE) mice was supplemented with TBE (150 mg/kg body weight/day by gavage). Mice administered TBE had significantly reduced body weight gain, fat accumulation in the liver, and fat pad weight, compared to HFD mice. Reduced hypertrophy of fat cells was also observed in TBE mice. Mice administered TBE also showed significantly lower serum levels of triglycerides, insulin, and leptin. Lipid profiles and levels of mRNAs and proteins related to lipid metabolism were determined in liver and white adipose tissue of the mice. Expression of mRNA and proteins related to lipogenesis were decreased in TBE-administered mice compared to mice fed HFD alone. These results suggest that TBE inhibits obesity and fat accumulation by regulation of gene expression related to lipid metabolism in HFD-induced obesity in mice.

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AdipogenesisAdipose TissueAnimalsBody WeightDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalFatty LiverGene Expression RegulationLipid MetabolismLipogenesisMaleMicePlant ExtractsPlant ExtractsTaheebo

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PMID25299819
PMCPMC6270775
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