Apigenin isolated from the seeds of perilla frutescens britton var crispa (Benth.) inhibits food intake in C57BL/6J mice

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1741-1746

  Myoung, Hyeon Jong ^a   Kim, Gwangjung ^a   Nam, Kung Woo ^a,b  

^a Jung San Bio Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anorexigenic; Apigenin; CART; POMC

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; LUCIFERASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; PERILLA FRUTESCENS CRISPA; PLANT SEED; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VARIETAS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; APIGENIN; EATING; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEEDS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78751488615     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-010-1105-5     Document Type: Article

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