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Anti-obesity compounds in green leaves of Eucommia ulmoides.
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PMID:  21324693     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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The anti-hypertensive effect of Eucommia leaves has been confirmed clinically,(1a,b) and the study of their anti-obesity properties has advanced.(2) However, the compounds involved in their anti-obesity effect have not been fully elucidated. In this Letter, we examined the anti-obesity effect of Eucommia green leaf extract (EGLE) divided into five fractions with high porous polystyrene gel and of the compounds isolated, geniposidic acid, asperuloside and chlorogenic acid, respectively. A metabolic syndrome-like clinical model in mice was generated by feeding a 40% high-fat diet to examine the anti-obesity effects of chronic administration of test substance. After 4weeks, body weight, white adipose tissue weight, plasma triglyceride levels and total cholesterol levels in the model mice were significantly inhibited by the 30% MeOH fraction (containing much higher levels of asperuloside than the other fractions), and these effects were similar to those of EGLE. Chronic administration of isolated asperuloside in Eucommia leaves suppressed increases in model mouse body weight, white adipose tissue weight, plasma triglyceride levels and free fatty acids levels. These results suggest that asperuloside in Eucommia leaves has important anti-obesity effects.
Authors:
T Hirata; T Kobayashi; A Wada; T Ueda; T Fujikawa; H Miyashita; T Ikeda; S Tsukamoto; T Nohara
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-1-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1464-3405     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-2-17     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  9107377     Medline TA:  Bioorg Med Chem Lett     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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R&D Center, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, 1-30-3 Toyokawa, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0057, Japan.
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