Phenolic compounds: Evidence for inhibitory effects against obesity and their underlying molecular signaling mechanisms

• Published in: Molecular nutrition & food research Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 53 - 61
• Main Authors: Hsu, Chin-Lin, Yen, Gow-Chin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley-VCH Verlag 2008; WILEY-VCH Verlag; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley-VCH-Verl
• Subjects: 3T3-L1 Cells; Adipocytes; Adipocytes - drug effects; administration & dosage; Animals; anti-inflammatory agents; Anti-obesity; Anti-Obesity Agents; antioxidant activity; Apoptosis; Apoptosis - drug effects; Biological and medical sciences; blood; body mass index; Cricetinae; diabetes; Diet; Dietary Fats; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; disease prevention; drug effects; epidemiological studies; fatty liver; Food industries; foods; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; heart diseases; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; lipids; Lipids - blood; medicine; Mice; Molecular mechanism; obesity; Obesity - prevention & control; osteoarthritis; Phenolic compounds; Phenols; Phenols - administration & dosage; prevention & control; public health; Rats; relative risk; renal failure; sleep apnea; stroke; waist circumference; waist-to-hip ratio; Adipocyte; Obesity; Anti-obesity; Molecular mechanism; Phenols; Adipocytes; Phenolic compounds; Mechanism; Apoptosis

Phenolic compounds are widely present in the plant kingdom. Many epidemiological studies have indicated that consumption of some plant-derived foodstuffs with high phenolic content is associated with the prevention of some diseases and that these compounds may have similar properties to antioxidants...