Abietic acid has an anti-obesity effect in mice fed a high-fat diet

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1052-1056

  Hwang, Kwang Hyun ^a   Ahn, Ji Yun ^a   Kim, Suna ^a   Park, Jae Ho ^a   Ha, Tae Youl ^a  

^a Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

abietic acid; adipogenesis; anti obesity; high fat diet; mice

Indexed keywords

ABIETIC ACID; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CD36 ANTIGEN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ANTIGENS, CD36; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; DIETARY FATS; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

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EID: 80051999215     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.1471     Document Type: Article

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