Ursolic acid increases skeletal muscle and brown fat and decreases diet-induced obesity, glucose intolerance and fatty liver disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kunkel, Steven D ^a,b   Elmore, Christopher J ^a   Bongers, Kale S ^a   Ebert, Scott M ^a   Fox, Daniel K ^a   Dyle, Michael C ^a   Bullard, Steven A ^a   Adams, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE B; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FATTY LIVER; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GRIP STRENGTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; FATTY LIVER; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84862665187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039332     Document Type: Article

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