Increase in the Thermic Effect of Food in Women by Adrenergic Amines Extracted from Citrus Aurantium

• Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Vol. 13; no. 7; pp. 1187 - 1194
• Main Authors: Gougeon, Réjeanne, Harrigan, Kathy, Tremblay, Jean-François, Hedrei, Philip, Lamarche, Marie, Morais, José A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2005
• Subjects: administration & dosage; Adrenergic Agents; Adrenergic Agents - administration & dosage; Adrenergic Agents - pharmacology; Adult; Basal Metabolism; Basal Metabolism - drug effects; Basal Metabolism - physiology; blood; Body Composition; Body Composition - physiology; body mass index; Calorimetry, Indirect; Calorimetry, Indirect - methods; chemistry; Citrus; Citrus - chemistry; Citrus aurantium; dietary protein; diet‐induced thermogenesis; drug effects; drug therapy; Electric Impedance; Epinephrine; Epinephrine - blood; Female; fruit extracts; gender differences; heat production; Humans; Male; men; methods; Obesity; Obesity - blood; Obesity - drug therapy; Oxygen Consumption; pharmacology; physiology; Phytotherapy; Plant Extracts; Plant Extracts - administration & dosage; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; protein intake; resting energy expenditure; sex; Sex Factors; sour oranges; synephrine; thermic effect of food; Thermogenesis; Thermogenesis - drug effects; Thermogenesis - physiology; Weight Loss; women

OBJECTIVE: To compare the thermic response to a meal between men and women of varied body composition and to determine whether adrenergic amines extracted from citrus aurantium (CA) induce an increase in metabolic rate and enhance the thermic response to the meal. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: In...