Combination of citrus polymethoxyflavones, green tea polyphenols, and Lychee extracts suppresses obesity and hepatic steatosis in high-fat diet induced obese mice
Journal
Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
Journal Volume
61
Journal Issue
11
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Abstract
Scope: SlimTrym? is a formulated product composed of citrus polymethoxyflavones (PMFs), green tea extract, and lychee extract. We investigated the effect of dietary SlimTrym? on diet-induced obesity and associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in mice. Methods and results: Male C57BL/6 mice were fed a normal diet (ND), high fat diet (HFD) or HFD containing 0.1% or 0.5% SlimTrym? for 16 weeks. Dietary SlimTrym? significantly reduced weight gain and relative perigonadal, retroperitoneal, mesenteric fat weight as well as the size of adipocyte in HFD-fed mice. SlimTrym? supplementation also effectively diminished hepatic steatosis and the serum levels of glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT), triacylglycerol (TG), and total cholesterol (TCHO). Down-regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ, sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP)-1, and the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling by SlimTrym? in both adipose tissue and liver may be responsible for the observed anti-obesity effects. Conclusion: SlimTrym? supplementation potentially diminished diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis via regulating AMPK signaling and molecules involved in lipid metabolism. ? 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Subjects
Green tea polyphenol; Hepatic steatosis; High-fat diet; Lychee; Polymethoxyflavones
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Other Subjects
antiobesity agent; biological marker; flavone derivative; plant extract; polyphenol; adipogenesis; analysis; animal; blood; C57BL mouse; Camellia sinensis; chemistry; Citrus; comparative study; dietary supplement; ethnopharmacology; food handling; fruit; lipid diet; lychee; male; metabolism; methylation; nonalcoholic fatty liver; obesity; oxidation reduction reaction; plant leaf; Taiwan; Adipogenesis; Animals; Anti-Obesity Agents; Biomarkers; Camellia sinensis; Citrus; Diet, High-Fat; Dietary Supplements; Ethnopharmacology; Flavones; Food Handling; Fruit; Litchi; Male; Methylation; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Obesity; Oxidation-Reduction; Plant Extracts; Plant Leaves; Polyphenols; Taiwan
Type
journal article