Supplementation with the Extract of Schisandrae Fructus Pulp, Seed, or Their Combination Influences the Metabolism of Lipids and Glucose in Mice Fed with Normal and Hypercholesterolemic Diet

• Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Ko, Kam Ming, Zhou, Shu-Feng, Zhu, Pei-Li, Sun, Nan, Zhang, Yi, Pan, Si-Yuan, Yu, Zhi-Ling, Wang, Xiao-Yan, Jia, Zhan-Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2014; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Alanine; Alanine transaminase; Animals; Bitter taste; Cholesterol; Diet; Dietary supplements; Disease prevention; Drug therapy; Ethanol; Gene expression; Glucose; Glucose metabolism; Hepatitis; Hepatology; Kinases; Lipid metabolism; Lipids; Liver; Liver diseases; Metabolic syndrome; Mice; Pulp; Rodents; Saltiness; Schisandra chinensis; Skin; Sour taste; Sweet taste; Beijing China; China

Schisandrae Fructus (SF), which possesses five tastes: sweet (fruit skin), sour (pulp), bitter/pungent (seed core), and saltiness (all parts), can produce a wide spectrum of biological activities in the body. Here, we investigated the effects of the ethanolic extract of SF pulp, seed, or their combi...