Fucoxanthin and its metabolite, fucoxanthinol, suppress adipocyte differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-152

  Maeda, Hayato ^a   Hosokawa, Masashi ^a   Sashima, Tokutake ^a   Takahashi, Nobuyuki ^b   Kawada, Teruo ^c   Miyashita, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3T3 L1 cells; Adipocyte; Differentiation; Fucoxanthin; Fucoxanthinol; Glycerol 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FUCOXANTHIN; FUCOXANTHINOL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3T3-L1 CELLS; ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PPAR GAMMA; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 33748173403     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.18.1.147     Document Type: Article

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