Beneficial effects of Chlorella on glucose and lipid metabolism in obese rodents on a high-fat diet

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Noguchi, Naoto ^a   Konishi, Fumiko ^a   Kumamoto, Shoichiro ^a   Maruyama, Isao ^a   Ando, Yotaro ^a   Yanagita, Teruyoshi ^b,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NISHIKYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Chlorella; Leptin; MCP 1; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; CHLORELLA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEPTIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PARACHLORELLA BEIJERINCKII EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FOOD COMPOSITION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HYPERTROPHY; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID DIET; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; ORGAN WEIGHT; PARACHLORELLA BEIJERINCKII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TESTIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOKINES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHLORELLA; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY FATS; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPERTROPHY; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

MUS; PARACHLORELLA BEIJERINCKII; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84875216154     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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