Epigallocatechin gallate attenuates diet-induced obesity in mice by decreasing energy absorption and increasing fat oxidation

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 615-623

  Klaus, S ^a   Pultz S ^a   Thone Reineke C ^a,b   Wolfram, S ^c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG); Green tea flavonoids; Lipid metabolism; Substrate oxidation; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLUCOKINASE; LEPTIN; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); MESSENGER RNA; PYRUVATE KINASE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIMETRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OBESITY; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; TEA; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATECHIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; GLUCOKINASE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; ION CHANNELS; LEPTIN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED NZB; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRUVATE KINASE; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20044383992     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802926     Document Type: Article

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