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Isaria sinclairii Extract Reduces Body Weight and Ameliorates Metabolic Abnormalities

  • Ahn, Mi-Young (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Young (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA) ;
  • Han, Jae-Woong (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA) ;
  • Jee, Sang-Duck (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA) ;
  • Hwang, Jae-Sam (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA) ;
  • Cho, Sung-Ig (School of Medicine, Ajou University) ;
  • Yun, Eun-Young (Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In our case study using animal models for disease states such as obesity or hypertension, we found that, Isaria sinclairii remarkably reduced body weight and ameliorated metabolic abnormalities in Zucker and SHR rats. Genetically obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats were one animal model chosen for this study. Four groups of rats received a standard diet and were treated orally with the following test samples daily for 8 weeks: saline (negative control), ethanol extracts of I. sinclairii, hot water extract of I. sinclairii, or $Xenical^{(R)}$ (30 mg/kg, positive control). Mild reductions (6.3%) in body weight gain were observed in the groups treated with the hot water extract of I. sinclairii compared to the control after 8 weeks. Interestingly, organ weight was greatly reduced by this Dongchunghacho (I. sinclairii), in parallel with the mild reductions in body weight gain and reductions in abdominal fat (adipose tissue). Also observed was a 4.1 % decrease in the ratio of heart weight/body weight compared to the control group. As a hypertensive animal model, SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rat) and WKY (Wistar Kyoto) rats were also administered these extracts for one month. Treatment with the hot water extract of I. sinclairii caused greater reductions in body weight gain for the SHR group (10.9%) compared to the WKY group's (5.2%). Based on these results, I. sinclairii extracts contain selective action for anti-obesity activity, naturally occurring candidate for regulation of body weight increase, as demonstrated in the present study.

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