Anti-obesity effects of Geranium thunbergii extract via improvement of lipid metabolism in high-fat diet-induced obese mice

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1107-1113

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

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

Author keywords

Body weight; Cholesterol; Geranium thunbergii; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 4; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GERANIUM THUNBERGII EXTRACT; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; GERANIUM; GERANIUM THUNBERGII; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; ORGAN WEIGHT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOKINES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; GERANIUM; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, OBESE; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PPAR GAMMA; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1;

GERANIUM THUNBERGII; MUS;

EID: 80053121187     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2011.568     Document Type: Article

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