Ursolic acid, a pentacyclic triterpene from sambucus australis, prevents abdominal adiposity in mice fed a high-fat diet

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1375-1382

  Rao, Vietla S ^a   De Melo, Celio L ^a   Queiroz, Maria Goretti R ^a   Lemos, Telma L G ^a   Menezes, Dalgimar B ^a   Melo, Tiago S ^a   Santos, Flavia A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

abdominal adiposity; anti obesity potential; high fat diet; Swiss mice; ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; SIBUTRAMINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; URSOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS AUSTRALIS;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FRUIT; GHRELIN; HERBAL MEDICINE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; MALE; MICE; OBESITY; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SAMBUCUS; TRITERPENES; WEIGHT LOSS;

MUS; SAMBUCUS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 80755175244     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.0267     Document Type: Article

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