Ingestion of cinnamaldehyde, a TRPA1 agonist, reduces visceral fats in mice fed a high-fat and high-sucrose diet

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-13

  Tamura, Yasuko ^a   Iwasaki, Yusaku ^a   Narukawa, Masataka ^a   Watanabe, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cinnamaldehyde; Cinnamon; Fat accumulation; TRPA1; Uncoupling protein 1

Indexed keywords

CINNAMALDEHYDE; LIPID; SUGAR; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL AFFECTING AGENT; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID DIET; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUGAR INTAKE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROLEIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; SUCROSE; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNELS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84862150176     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.58.9     Document Type: Article

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