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Anti-obesity effects of capsule-filled cheonggukjang added with arrowroot (Pueraria thunbergiana) extracts in ob/ob mice

  • The Catholic University of Korea
  • Daegu Technopark Mobile Technology Convergence Center

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Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the anti-metabolic syndrome effects of capsule-filled cheonggukjang (CGJ) added with arrowroot (Pueraria thunbergiana) extracts on body weight, adiposity and lipid metabolism in ob/ob mice. Experimental groups were normal control group (NC: basal diet), positive control group (PC: 2% CGJ), CGJ added with arrowroot extracts group (AR: 2% arrowroot in CGJ), and capsule-filled CGJ added with arrowroot extracts group (ARC: 2% arrowroot CGJ capsule). Each group was fed experimental diet for 10 weeks. Final body weight gain and atherogenic index were significantly lower in the ARC than NC group. Serum levels of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides, blood glucose and atherogenic index were significantly lower in the ARC than NC group. Furthermore, fatty liver and regional lipid accumultion in ob/ob mice were inhibited in the ARC group. The hepatic activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione S-transferase were significantly higher in the ARC than NC group. Therefore, the anti-matabolic syndrome effects of the ARC group were higher than the AR group. In conclusion, these results indicated that CGJ added with arrowroot mediates its anti-obesity effects in ob/obmice by improving lipid metabolism and antioxidant enzyme.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)782-789
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
Volume41
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Keywords

  • Arrowroot
  • Cheonggukjang
  • Lipid
  • Ob/ ob mice
  • Obesity

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