Anti-obesity effect of Artemisia capillaris extracts in high-fat diet-induced obese rats

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 9241-9252

  Lim, Dong Wook ^a   Kim, Yun Tai ^a   Jang, Yu Jung ^a   Kim, Young Eon ^a   Han, Daeseok ^a  

^a Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti obesity; Artemisia capillaris; Hypolipidemic; Scoparone

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; RAT; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANIMALS; ARTEMISIA; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS;

EID: 84883169437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18089241     Document Type: Article

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