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KMID : 1134820090380121707
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
2009 Volume.38 No. 12 p.1707 ~ p.1711
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Effects of the Ethanol Extract from Lycii folium Leaves on Obesity and Blood Biochemical Indices in High-fat Diet Induced Obese Rats
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Choi Mi-Kyeong
Lee Jea-Soon
Park Won-Jeong
Kim Mi-Hyun
Kang Myung-Hwa
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to investigate the effects of ethanol extract from Lycii folium (L. folium) leaves on obesity index, serum lipids, homocysteine, leptin, ghrelin, and glucose in obese rats. Sprague-Dawley rats were administrated high-fat diets to induce obesity. Then, obese rats were divided into three diet groups: a basal-diet obese group (BO group), high-fat diet obese group (FO group), and high-fat diet plus L. folium extract obese group (FLEO group). Three groups were each fed experimental diet for 8 weeks. There were no significant differences in body weight and FER among the groups. However, obesity index such as Rohrer index, Lee index, and T.M. index of FLEO group was significantly decreased as compared to FO group. While serum triglyceride of BO group was significantly decreased as compared to FO group, there were no significant differences in serum lipids, homocysteine, leptin, ghrelin and glucose between FLEO group and FO group. In conclusion, these results indicated that ethanol extract from L. folium leaves might be beneficial with anti-obese effect by reduction of obesity indices in obese rats.
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KEYWORD
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Lycii folium, lipids, homocysteine, leptin, ghrelin, obese, rats
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