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ArticleHypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension2017

Preventive effect of Eucommia leaf extract on aortic media hypertrophy in Wistar-Kyoto rats fed a high-fat diet.

Shingo Hosoo, Masahiro Koyama, Akira Watanabe, Ryuya Ishida, Tetsuya Hirata, Yasuyo Yamaguchi, Hiroo Yamasaki, Keiji Wada, Yukihito Higashi, Kozo Nakamura

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Article in Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Shingo HosooR&D Center, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.
Masahiro KoyamaDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan.
Akira WatanabeDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan.
Ryuya IshidaDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan.
Tetsuya HirataR&D Center, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.
Yasuyo YamaguchiR&D Center, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroo YamasakiR&D Center, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.
Keiji WadaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan.
Yukihito HigashiDepartment of Cardiovascular Regeneration and Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Kozo NakamuraDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan.
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (Japan) · JPShinshu University · JPHealth Sciences University of Hokkaido · JPHiroshima University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eucommia ulmoides Oliver leaf extract (ELE) has been shown to have anti-hypertensive and anti-obesity effects in rats that are fed a high-fat diet (HFD). To explore the effects of chronic administration of ELE on body weight, blood pressure and aortic media thickness, 7-week-old male Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats were orally administered a normal diet, a 30% HFD, or a 5% ELE plus HFD ad libitum for 10 weeks. The HFD treatment caused mild obesity and hypertension in the normotensive rats, while rats receiving both ELE and the HFD had significantly lower body weights, less visceral and perirenal fat, lower blood pressure and thinner aortic media than the control rats receiving the HFD only. The plasma adiponectin/leptin ratio also improved in ELE-treated rats. Although plasma leptin levels were elevated in all HFD rats, adiponectin levels increased only in the ELE-treated rats. Anti-hypertensive and anti-obesity effects may be caused by the geniposidic acid (GEA) and/or asperuloside present in ELE. These findings suggest that chronic ELE administration prevents aortic media hypertrophy in early-stage obesity with hypertension. Long-term administration of ELE might inhibit the development of arteriosclerosis.

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EucommiaceaePhytotherapyAdipokinesAdipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsAorta, ThoracicAortic DiseasesBlood PressureBody WeightDiet, High-FatDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHypertrophyMaleMedicine, East Asian TraditionalPlant ExtractsRats, Inbred WKYAdipokinesPlant Extracts

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PMID28100919
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