The positive effects of yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis) in obesity

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 730-750

  Gambero, Alessandra ^a   Ribeiro, Marcelo L ^a  

^a Universidade Sao Francisco Centro de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adipogenesis; Ilex paraguariensis; Inflammation; Obesity; Yerba mat

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; FATTY ACID; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

CROTON OVALIFOLIUS; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS;

ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84921868629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7020730     Document Type: Review

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