Oligomeric cocoa procyanidins possess enhanced bioactivity compared to monomeric and polymeric cocoa procyanidins for preventing the development of obesity, insulin resistance, and impaired glucose tolerance during high-fat feeding

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2216-2227

  Dorenkott, Melanie R ^a   Griffin, Laura E ^a   Goodrich, Katheryn M ^a   Thompson Witrick, Katherine A ^a   Fundaro, Gabrielle ^a   Ye, Liyun ^a   Stevens, Joseph R ^a   Ali, Mostafa ^a   O'Keefe, Sean F ^a   Hulver, Matthew W ^a   Neilson, Andrew P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cocoa extract; cocoa procyanidins; degree of polymerization; endotoxin; flavanols; glucose tolerance; insulin resistance; obesity

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FLAVONOIDS; INSULIN; MONOMERS; NUTRITION; OLIGOMERS; POLYMERS; GLUCOSE;

DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; ENDOTOXIN; FLAVANOLS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; PROCYANIDINS;

COCOA;

MUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

BIFLAVONOID; CATECHIN; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; C57BL MOUSE; CACAO; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID DIET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OBESITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BIFLAVONOIDS; BODY COMPOSITION; CACAO; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET, HIGH-FAT; EATING; FLAVONOLS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84896321557     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf500333y     Document Type: Article

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