Bacterial β-glucan exhibits potent hypoglycemic activity via decrease of serum lipids and adiposity, and increase of UCP mRNA expression

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 823-830

  Hong, Kyunghee ^a   Jang, Ki Hyo ^b   Lee, Jae Cheol ^b   Kim, Sohye ^c   Kim, Mi Kyoung ^d   Lee, In Young ^d   Kim, Sang Moo ^e   Lim, Yoong Ho ^f   Kang, Soon Ah ^f  

^a Asan Institute for Life Sciences   (South Korea)

^b Samcheok National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d DMJ Biotech Corp   (South Korea)

^e Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^f Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

glucan; Hypolipidemic effects; Leptin; Obesity; UCP

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BODY FAT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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