The flavan-3-ol fraction of cocoa powder suppressed changes associated with early-stage metabolic syndrome in high-fat diet-fed rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-56

  Osakabe, Naomi ^a   Hoshi, Junpei ^a   Kudo, Naoto ^a   Shibata, Masahiro ^a  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flavan 3 ols; Lipolysis; Thermogenesis; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE 2; FLAVAN 3 OL; FLAVAN DERIVATIVE; MEDIUM CHAIN ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; FLAVAN-3-OL; FLAVONOID; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENE DOSAGE; HEART RATE; LIPID DIET; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; POWDER; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; THERMOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FLAVONOIDS; ION CHANNELS; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84921692456     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.07.041     Document Type: Article

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