• 생약학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.309-316
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• 2011

Fatty liver disease refers to a range of disorders associated with fatty liver, which occur in excessive eating, evident infection or significant consumption of alcohol. This study was to investigate the effects of water and ethanol extracts of Triticum aestivum young leaf on lipid metabolism and accumulation in liver of mice fed with high-fat diet. Male C57BL/6 mice were divided into normal diet group, high fat diet (HFD) group, high fat diet group administrated with 200 mg/kg/day of T. aestivum water extract (HFD-TAWE) and high-fat group administrated with 200 mg/kg/day of T. aestivum ethanol extract (HFD-TAEE). TAWE and TAEE were administrated orally for 5 weeks once at the same time point. Both TAWE and TAEE significantly reduced body weight, food intake and liver tissue weight, which were augmented in high fat-fed mice. The serum levels of triglyceride, total and LDL-cholesterol also were significantly attenuated in both HFD-TAWE and HFD-TAEE groups compared to the HFD group. Moreover, administration of HFD-TAWE or HFD-TAEE reduced the lipid accumulation in liver tissue of mice fed with high fat diet. Levels of total lipids and triglyceride in liver tissues also was significantly reduced in HFDTAWE and HFD-TAEE groups compared to HFD group. The activities of serum ALT and AST revealed in HFD group were remarkedly decreased in HFD-TAEE groups. These results indicate that both water and ethanol extract of T. aestivum may improve the lipid accumulation in liver as well as lipid metabolism in serum, and that in particular, the ethanol extract of T. aestivum may has the potent anti-hyperlipidemic effect, suggesting that it may be a useful candidate for the therapy preventing fatty liver diseases.

• 산업식품공학
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.358-365
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• 2018

통곡물 시리얼(Whole grain cereal, WGC)이 함유된 식이는 에너지 대사 조절에 중요한 다량영양소(macronutrients)를 제공한다. 본 연구는 고지방식이(high-fat diet, HFD)로 유발된 비만 마우스를 이용하여 WGC의 근감소성 비만 예방 효과에 대해 평가하였다. C57BL/6N 마우스에 정상식이(normal diet, ND), ND+WGC, HFD, HFD+WGC를 12주 동안 제공하였다. WGC는 체중, 식이효율, 체지방 및 지방세포의 크기를 감소시켰다. 또한, WGC는 간 무게 및 간에 축적된 지방을 감소시킴으로써 HFD에 의한 비알코올성 지방간을 개선시켰다. 더욱이, WGC는 비만 마우스 및 정상 마우스의 근육 무게 및 근력을 증가시켰다. 따라서, WGC는 지방 축적을 억제하고 근육량을 증가시키므로 근감소성 비만 예방을 위한 기능성 식품으로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.309-318
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• 2009

고지방식이로 고지혈 및 비만이 유도된 흰쥐에서 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물 투여로 인한 혈 중 지질대사 개선 및 지방조직의 항비만효과에 미치는 영향에 대하여 조사하였다. 5주령 된 흰쥐 수컷 36마리를 1주일간 적응시킨 후 정상 식이군(ND), 고지방식이군(HFD), 정상식이와 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물 저용량 병합 투여군(ND-BSL), 정상식이와 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물 고용량 병합 투여군(ND-BSH), 고지방식이와 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물 저용량 병합 투여군(HFD-BSL) 및 고지방식이와 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물 고용량 병합 투여군(HFD-BSH)으로 나누어 4주간 사육하였다. 고지방식이로 증가되어진 체중증가량은 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물 고용량 병합 투여로 유의하게 감소되었으며, 정상식이군(ND)과는 비슷한 수준으로 저하되었다. 고지방 식이군들(HFD, HFD-BSL 및 HFD-BSH)이 정상식이군들 (ND, ND-BSL 및 ND-BSH)에 비하여 식이섭취량은 낮았으나, 식이효율은 높게 나타났다. 간조직의 무게는 실험 군간에 유의차가 없었으나, 부고환 및 장간막지방조직의 무게는 고지방식이를 급여한 흰쥐에게 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물을 고용량 병합 투여한 경우에는 고지방식이에 비하여 유의하게 저하되었다. 고지방식이로 증가되어진 혈청 중의 ALT 및 AST 활성, 중성지방, 총콜레스테롤 및 LDL-콜레스테롤 함량, 심혈관위험지수와 동맥경화지수도 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물 고용량 병합 투여로 감소되었다. 혈청 중의 ALP 활성은 실험 군 간에 유의차가 없었다. 혈청 중의 HDL-콜레스테롤 함량은 정상식이군(ND)에 비하여 고지방식이군(HFD)이 유의하게 감소하였으나, 정상식이 혹은 고지방식이를 급여한 흰쥐에게 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물을 투여하였을 경우에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 고지방식이로 증가되어진 간조직과 장간막지방조직 중의 총콜레스테롤 함량은 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물 병합 투여로 저하되었다. 지방조직 중의 HR-LPL과 TE-LPL 활성 모두 정상식이군 (ND)에 비하여 고지방식이군(HFD)이 증가하였고, 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물 고용량 병합 투여한 모든 군은 고지방 식이군(HFD)에 비하여 유의하게 감소되었으나 정상식이군 (ND)과는 비슷한 활성을 나타내었다. 특히 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물의 효과는 고용량 병합 투여군이 저용량 병합투여군에 비하여 더 좋은 효과를 나타내었다. 혈청 및 조직 중의 지질 함량 변화는 정상식이군들(ND, ND-BSL 및 ND-BSH) 간에는 유의차가 없었다. 따라서 고지방식이를 급여하면서 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물을 병합 투여 시에만 효과가 있는 것으로 여겨진다. 이상의 결과 브로콜리 싹 에탄올 추출물이 체중 및 지방조직의 무게 감소와 더불어 혈청지질 개선 효과와 LPL 활성을 저하시켜 고지혈증 예방효과와 지방축적 억제 효과가 있는 것으로 사료되나 브로콜리 싹 추출물의 어떤 성분이 콜레스테롤 저하효과 및 비만을 억제시킬 수 있는지는 보다 자세한 연구가 요구된다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.262-266
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• 2010

This study was performed to investigate the anti-obesity effect of Eisenia bicyclis in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD). Male C57BL/6J mice were divided into three groups that were fed a normal diet, an HFD, or an HFD supplemented with a 5% powder of Eisenia bicyclis (PEB) for 8 weeks. The PEB group showed lower body weight gains than the HFD group. The PEB group also exhibited reduced body fat mass and adipose cell size in epididymal adipose tissue. The concentrations of serum cholesterol, leptin, and insulin in the PEB group were significantly lower than those in the HFD group. Liver triglyceride content was significantly decreased by PEB supplementation. Furthermore, hematoxylin and eosin staining revealed that PEB supplementation reduced lipid droplet formation in the liver induced by HFD. These results suggest that PEB supplementation reduces body weight gain and fat accumulation in HFD-induced obese mice.

• 운동영양학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.28-35
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• 2019

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of treadmill exercise on oxidative stress in the hippocampal tissue and mitochondrial dynamic-related proteins in rats fed a long-term high-fat diet (HFD). [Methods] Obesity was induced in experimental animals using high fat feed, and the experimental groups were divided into a normal diet-control (ND-CON; n=12), a high fat diet-control (HFD-CON; n=12) and a high fat diet-treadmill exercise (HFD-TE; n=12) group. The rats were subsequently subjected to treadmill exercise (progressively increasing load intensity) for 8 weeks (5 min at 8 m/min, then 5 min at 11 m/min, and finally 20 min at 14 m/min). We assessed weight, triglyceride (TG) concentration, total cholesterol (TC), area under the curve, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, and AVF/body weight. Western blotting was used to examine expression of proteins related to oxidative stress and mitochondrial dynamics, and immunohistochemistry was performed to examine the immunoreactivity of gp91phox. [Results] Treadmill exercise effectively improved the oxidative stress in the hippocampal tissue, expression of mitochondrial dynamic-related proteins, and activation of NADPH oxidase (gp91phox) and induced weight, blood profile, and abdominal fat loss. [Conclusion] Twenty weeks of high fat diet induced obesity, which was shown to inhibit normal mitochondria fusion and fission functions in hippocampal tissues. However, treadmill exercise was shown to have positive effects on these pathophysiological phenomena. Therefore, treadmill exercise should be considered during prevention and treatment of obesity-induced metabolic diseases.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid on body weight and lipid profiles in Sprague-Dawley rats fed a high fat diet (HFD). After 4 weeks of feeding, rats on the HFD were divided into three groups by randomized block design; the first group received the high-fat-diet (n = 10), and the second group received the HFD administered with 0.25% ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid (0.25LA), and the third group received the high-fat diet with 0.5% ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid (0.5LA). The high fat diet with ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid supplemented groups had significantly inhibited body weight gain, compared to that in the HFD group (P < 0.05). Organ weights of rats were also significantly reduced in liver, kidney, spleen, and visible fat tissues in rats supplemented with ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid (P < 0.05). Significant differences in plasma lipid profiles, such as total lipids, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, and high-density lipoprotein, were observed between the HFD and 0.5LA groups. The atherogenic index and the plasma high density lipoprotein-cholesterol/total cholesterol ratio improved significantly with ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid supplementation in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05). Total hepatic cholesterol and total lipid concentration decreased significantly in high fat fed rats supplemented with ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05), whereas liver triglyceride content was not affected. In conclusion, ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid supplementation had a positive effect on weight gain and plasma and liver lipid profiles in rats.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.311-318
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• 2018

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) supplementation has been suggested to negatively correlate with obesity in humans and other animals. Previous studies, including ours, have demonstrated that a high-fat diet (HFD) induces obesity and related diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Here, we investigated the effects of vitamin C on visceral adipocyte hypertrophy and glucose intolerance in C57BL/6J mice. Mice received a low-fat diet (LFD, 10% kcal fat), HFD (45% kcal fat), or the same HFD supplemented with vitamin C (HFD-VC, 1% w/w) for 15 weeks. Visceral adiposity and glucose intolerance were examined using metabolic measurements, histology, and gene expression analyses. Mice in the HFD-VC supplementation group had reduced body weight, mesenteric fat mass, and mesenteric adipocyte size compared with HFD-fed mice. Vitamin C intake in obese mice also decreased the mRNA levels of lipogenesis-related genes (i.e., stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 and sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c) in mesenteric adipose tissues, inhibited hyperglycemia, and improved glucose tolerance. In addition, vitamin C attenuated the HFD-induced increase in the size of pancreatic islets. These results suggest that vitamin C suppresses HFD-induced visceral adipocyte hypertrophy and glucose intolerance in part by decreasing the visceral adipose expression of genes involved in lipogenesis.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.882-886
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• 2003

고추장은 체중감소 효과를 보였는데 흰쥐를 이용한 식이섭취 실험에서 발효 숙성된 전통고추장이나 공장식 상품고추장은 고지방 식이로 인한 체중 증가를 감소시켜 정상에 가까운 체중을 유지하도록 하였다. 반면에 발효되지 않은 고추장의 경우 고춧가루군과 거의 비슷한 감소효과를 나타내었으며 발효된 전통고추장이나 공장식 상품고추장에 비해서 체중감소효과가 그리 크지 않았다. 발효된 전통고추장은 높은 체중 감소효과와 더불어 부고환 지방 및 신장 주위 지방조직의 총지방, TG, 콜레스테롤의 함량도 낮추는 효과를 나타내었으나 발효되지 않은 고추장식이군은 감소효과가 크지 않아 발효의 유무가 체중감소, 지방조직감소에 큰 변수임을 알 수 있었다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.283-288
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• 2015

In this study, we investigated anti-obesity effect of isoegomaketone (IK) isolated from leaves extract of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. cv. We verified differentiation and lipid accumulation by Oil Red O staining in 3T3-L1 cells after IK treatment with differentiation media. IK inhibited mRNA expression of adipocyte specific genes that were related with differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells. We confirmed the effects of IK on body weight and visceral fat mass in obese mice. Mice were randomly divided into three groups; normal diet group (ND), high-fat diet group (HFD) and high-fat diet with IK group (HFD-IK). The obesity mice were induced by feeding the 45% high-fat diet to the C57BL/6J mice during 4 weeks. After HFD-IK was orally administered 10 mg/kg of IK. As a result, the body weight of HFD and HFD-IK was increased 2.4 times and 1.7 times of ND, respectively. Also visceral fat mass of HFD was increased 24 times but in the case of HFD-IK was increased to 13 times in comparison with ND. Taken together, our findings suggest that IK reduced differentiation and adiogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells, decreased the body weight and visceral fat mass in obesity mice. These results suggest that IK may have a potential benefit as anti-obesity material.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2013

The purpose of the present study is to determine whether Schisandra chinensis (SC) has a protective effect on high fat diet (HFD)-induced fatty liver including hepatic lipid accumulation in rats. The HFD-induced obese rats were weighed after SC extracts were administered through the gastrointestinal tract at a concentration of 250 mg/kg b.w/day for 5 weeks. After 5 weeks, all of the rats on a high fat-diet were 36.5% heavier compared with normal controls. In contrast, rats on a high-fat diet supplemented with SC were 23.5% lighter than rats fed only a high-fat diet. Although there was no significant difference in food intake among the groups during the experimental diet period, the body weight gain of the SC group was significantly lower than the weights of the HFD groups. SC treatment slightly decreased the liver weight. Reduction of hepatic TBARS contents by SC was observed in rats fed a diet containing SC, and antioxidant activity was markedly increased in HFD＋SC group compared to those of HFD group in liver. Moreover, total-lipid and triglyceride contents in the liver of groups fed a diet containing SC were significantly lower compared to those of the HFD group. High fat feeding elevated liver cholesterol concentration, but the addition of SC to the HFD rats resulted in the significant decrease in liver cholesterol. In histological observation of liver tissues, the hepatocytes of HFD rats showed a typical fatty liver morphology showing numerous lipid droplets in cytoplasm, whereas administration of SC reduced the size and numbers of lipid droplets. These results clearly demonstrated the attenuation of SC on nonalcoholic fatty liver induced by obese rats fed HFD.