The carotenoid fucoxanthin from brown seaweed affects obesity

Lipid Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 186-190

  Miyashita, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; BIOACTIVE MOLECULES; BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL; BROWN SEAWEED; DOWN-REGULATION; FUCOXANTHIN; FUNCTIONAL FOODS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEAT PRODUCTION; HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; HUMAN HEALTH; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; OMEGA-3; POLYPHENOLS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TOTAL LIPIDS; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN-1; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUES;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GLUCOSE; LIPIDS; NUTRITION; PHENOLS; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

SEAWEED;

EID: 72049122968     PISSN: 0956666X     EISSN: 18635377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lite.200900040     Document Type: Article

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