Saponins from stems and leaves of Panax ginseng prevent obesity via regulating thermogenesis, lipogenesis and lipolysis in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2017, Pages 393-403

  Chen, Guilin ^a   Li, Haijun ^b   Zhao, Yan ^a   Zhu, Hongyan ^a   Cai, Enbo ^a   Gao, Yugang ^a   Liu, Shuangli ^a   Yang, He ^a   Zhang, Lianxue ^a  

^a JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti obesity; C57BL 6 mice; Haematoxylin and eosin; Panax ginseng; RT PCR; Saponins

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; SAPONIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; GINSENG; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; LIVER; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PANAX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY; PANAX; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PPAR ALPHA; SAPONINS; THERMOGENESIS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 85020687932     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2017.06.012     Document Type: Article

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