Cannabis exposure associated with weight reduction and β-cell protection in an obese rat model

Phytomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 575-582

  Levendal, R A ^a   Schumann, D ^b   Donath, M ^b   Frost, C L ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cafeteria diet; Cannabinoids; Cannabis; Obesity; THC

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; FLICE INHIBITORY PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CANNABIS; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, MYC; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ION CHANNELS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; WEIGHT GAIN;

CANNABIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84860638806     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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