Anti-obesity activity of Allium fistulosum L. extract by down-regulation of the expression of lipogenic genes in high-fat diet-induced obese mice

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 431-435

  Sung, Yoon Young ^a   Yoon, Taesook ^a   Kim, Seung Ju ^a   Yang, Won Kyung ^a   Kim, Ho Kyoung ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adipocytokine; Allium fistulosum L.; Anti obesity; High fat diet; Lipogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALLIUM FISTULOSUM EXTRACT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROPERITONEAL FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELSH ONION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ALLIUM; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FATS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; LIPOGENESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RNA, MESSENGER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALLIUM FISTULOSUM; MUS;

EID: 79953799975     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2011.451     Document Type: Article

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