The water extract of adlay seed (Coix lachrymajobi var. mayuen) exhibits anti-obesity effects through neuroendocrine modulation

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-308

  Kim, Sung Ok ^a,b   Yun, Su Jin ^a,c   Lee, Eunjoo H ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; Leptin Receptor; Neuropeptid Y; Paraventricular Nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; COIX LACHRYMAJOBI EXTRACT; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADLAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COIX; COIX LACHRYMAJOBI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID DIET; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; COIX; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 34147217429     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07004825     Document Type: Article

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