Effects of Eucommia leaf extracts on autonomic nerves, body temperature, lipolysis, food intake, and body weight

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 479, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-186

  Horii, Yuko ^a   Tanida, Mamoru ^a   Shen, Jiao ^a   Hirata, Tetsuya ^b   Kawamura, Naomi ^b   Wada, Atsunori ^b   Nagai, Katsuya ^a  

^a ANBAS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Obesity; Parasympathetic nerve; Stomach; Sympathetic nerve; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES EXTRACT; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URETHAN; WATER; PLANT EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EUCOMMIACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THERMOGENESIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VAGUS NERVE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; EUCOMMIACEAE; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; STOMACH; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 77954145747     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.05.030     Document Type: Article

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