Body fat reducing effect and safety evaluation of long-term consumption of green tea containing quercetin glucoside in obese subjects

Japanese Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 495-503

  Egawa, Kahori ^a   Yoshimura, Makiko ^a   Kanzaki, Noriyuki ^a   Nakamura, Junichi ^a   Kitagawa, Yoshinori ^a   Shibata, Hiroshi ^a   Fukuhara, Ikuo ^b  

^a Suntory Wellness Limited Research Center   (Japan)

^b Fukuhara Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Quercetin glucoside; Total fat area; Visceral fat area

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN GLUCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA;

EID: 84863874015     PISSN: 03863603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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