1. Polyphenols of cambuci (Campomanesia phaea (O. Berg.)) fruit ameliorate insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in obese mice.
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Donado-Pestana CM, Pessoa ÉVM, Rodrigues L, Rossi R, Moura MHC, Dos Santos-Donado PR, Castro É, Festuccia WT, and Genovese MI
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- Animals, Diet, High-Fat adverse effects, Fruit drug effects, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Obese, Obesity chemically induced, Obesity metabolism, Polyphenols therapeutic use, Insulin Resistance, Myrtaceae chemistry, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease complications, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease drug therapy, Obesity complications, Polyphenols pharmacology
- Abstract
Polyphenols from cambuci (CBC) (Campomanesia phaea (O. Berg.)), a Brazilian native fruit, were investigated on therapeutic actions mitigating insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in high-fat-sucrose diet (HFS) induced obese mice. For this, C57BL/6J mice fed with a obesogenic and diabetogenic HFS diet were administered with either water or two CBC doses (36 or 74 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/kg body weight) by gavage from week 6 to week 14 (end-point) of HFS feeding. CBC reduced body weight gain, inflammation, hepatic steatosis, hyperglycemia, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance in liver and skeletal muscle of obese mice, and such effects were associated with activation of Akt and AMPK in these tissues. In conclusion, polyphenols from CBC show important therapeutic actions ameliorating obesity-associated complications., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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