• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2003

Carnitine, hydroxycitric acid, and soy peptide have been known to be anti-obesity agents. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the combined effects of carnitine, hydroxycitric acid, and soy peptide mixture as a potential anti-obesity supplement in overweight women. Overweight premenopausal women (n=33; PIBW>110; 20 to 39 years) were randomized into two groups: the placebo group and the functional beverage group (the test group). Functional beverage was composed of 2000 mg soy peptide, 20 mg L-carnitine and 300 mg garcinia(40% hydroxycitric acid). Body weight and 3 day food dimes, biochemical measurements and computerized tomography were measured at baseline and 8-week. After 8-week consumption of functional beverage with usual diet and exercise, body weight fell an average of 1.4 kg (2.1%). Visceral fat area reduced an average of 7.8% at L1($69.6{\pm}8.7\;vs\;64.2{\pm}7.5\;\textrm{cm}^2$) and 5.1% ($60.7{\pm}4.9\;vs\;57.6{\pm}4.8\;\textrm{cm}^2$, p<0.05) at L4level after weight loss in the test group. Calf fat area in the test group showed about 10% reduction ($31.0{\pm}2.7\;vs=\;27.7{\pm}1.7\;\textrm{cm}^2$, p<0.05) after weight loss. These reductions in fat areas were not shown in the placebo group. There were tendencies of increase in serum levels of $\beta-hydroxybutyrate$, acetoacetate, and total ketones in the test group. There were 7% and 17% insignificant increase in fasting free fatty acid (FFA) and response area of FFA during oral glucose tolerance test(OGTT), respectively, in this group. ill addition, little weight loss in the test group showed 8% but not significant reduction in insulin response area during OGTT. In conclusion, this study shows that taking a mixture of carnitine, hydroxycitric acid, and soy peptide as a potential anti-obesity supplement for 8-week produced advantageous changes in the weight and visceral fat accumulation of overweight women.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.395-400
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 한 가지 제품에 여러 기능성 원료를 복합하여 사용하고 있는 복합 건강기능식품의 실태를 파악 및 분석하고 이들 원료들 간의 상호작용에 관한 문헌조사를 토대로 복합건강기능식품의 관리 방안을 도출하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 식약청에 품목제조신고되어 있는 database를 분석하였다. 분석대상이 되는 제품은 총 7319개의 제품 중 "복합 건강기능식품"으로 파악된 제품의 개수는 183개 제품이었으며 이들 제품 중 기능성 원료를 2개 함유하고 있는 제품은 총 177제품, 3가지 이상의 기능성 원료를 함유하고 있는 제품은 모두 6개 제품이 있다. 183개 복합건강기능식품에 기능성 원료로 사용되고 있는 원료들을 순위별로 나열하면 가장 많이 사용되는 기능성 원료가 가르시니아캄보지아로서 41개 제품에서 기능성 원료로 사용되었으며 "옥타코사놀"과 "쏘팔메토열매추출물"이 가장 많은 빈도로 제조되고 있었다. 복합건강기능식품에 사용되고 있는 원료들의 pair를 사용하여 안전성 정보를 검색한 결과 현재 복합 사용되고 있는 건강기능식품에서의 안전성 우려사항은 아직까지 보고된 바 없는 것으로 판단된다. 하지만 복합 건강기능식품의 섭취에 대한 안전선 우려는 여전히 남아있는 상태이므로 이를관리하기 위해서는 부작용에 대한 조기 시그날을 감지하기 위한 부작용 모니터링 제도를 강화할 필요가 있을 것이다. 최근에 개정된 건강기능식품법 시행규칙의 원활한 시행을 통해 복합 건강기능식품의 안전관리를 강화할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.570-582
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• 2020

본 연구는 상지추출물과 stilbene 화합물인 MSA, ORT의 항비만 효능을 비교 분석하고자 식이성 비만 마우스 모델을 이용하여 HFD에 실험물질을 첨가한 식이를 13주 동안 급여하였다. 연구결과, 실험물질들의 항비만 효능은 ORT, ME, MSA, MW군 순이었으며, 특히 ME와 ORT의 급여는 고지방식이에 의한 체중 및 체지방 증가, 혈당 증가, 이상지질혈증 및 지방간 개선에 있어 양성대조군인 GC군과 비슷한 효과를 보였다. 향후 관련 기작 규명 및 안전성 확보, 그리고 최대 유효성 도출을 위한 추출 조건 확립 및 용량 검증 등의 연구가 수행된다면 체중조절용 기능성 식품으로의 개발을 기대해 볼 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2018

Objective : Previous studies showed that water extract of Plantago asiatica (Plantaginis asiaticae Folium, PAF) significantly controlled in body weights, adipose tissue weights and blood lipid profiles in obese C57BL/6 mice. To investigate the mechanism of anti-obesity action of PAF, expressions of obesity-related proteins were identified such as p-AMPK and p-ACC in hypothalamus, UCP-1 in brown adipose tissue, p-AMPK, p-ACC, SREBP-1c, $PPAR{\gamma}$, HMGCR and CPT-1 in liver. Method : Five-weeks old male C57BL/6 mice were divided into 5 groups; ND (normal diet + 0.9% saline), HFD (high-fat diet + 0.9% saline), PC (high-fat diet+Garcinia cambogia 500 mg/kg), PAF 100 and 300 (high-fat diet + PAF 100 or 300 mg/kg). PAF was treated orally for 6 weeks. The protein expression of AMPK, p-AMPK, ACC, p-ACC, $PPAR{\gamma}$, SREBP-1c, HMGCR, CPT-1 and UCP-1 were identified by expression levels of proteins through western blot analysis. Result : The results showed that protein expressions on hypothalamic p-AMPK and p-ACC did not differ between the HFD and PAF groups. In addition, PAF did not affect the increase of UCP-1 in brown adipose tissue. The protein expression levels of hepatic p-AMPK, p-ACC and CPT-1 increased in PAF groups compared to HFD group. And those of $PPAR{\gamma}$, SREBP-1c and HMG-CoA decreased in PAF groups compared to HFD group. Conclusion : These results suggest that the PAF administration induce weight loss via inhibition of lipid metabolism-related protein expressions in hepatic tissues. Therefore, PAF could be used as a potent material of anti-obesity products for prevention and treatment of obesity.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2018

Objective : Plantago asiatica L. has been used for many years in Korea, China, and Japan for the treatment of many diseases such as anti-inflammatory, anti-asthma and diuretic. But the anti-obesity effect of Plantaginis asiaticae Folium has not been studied yet. Thus, this study aimed to demonstrate the anti-obesity efficacy of Plantaginis asiaticae Folium water extract (PAF) in high fat diet-induced obesity animal model. Method : Male, five-weeks old C57BL/6 mice were divided into 5 groups; ND (normal diet + 0.9% saline), HFD (high-fat diet + 0.9% saline), PC (high-fat diet + Garcinia cambogia 500 mg/kg), PAF 100, 300 (high-fat diet + PAF 100, 300 mg/kg. Treatments were performed daily for 6 weeks per os. We evaluated the changes of body weight, white adipose tissues weight, hepatic and fecal lipids level, pancreatic lipase activity and lipid profiles in plasma. Result : Body weights, adipose tissue weights and FER were significantly lower in mice fed the high-fat diet with PAF treatment than in mice fed the high-fat diet alone. In plasma, TG, TC, LDL-C, ATS and ALT levels significantly decreased in PAF groups compared with HFD group. Also, hepatic triglyceride (TG) levels decreased and fecal TG increased in PAF groups compared to HFD group. In addition, the activity of pancreatic lipase was decreased in the PAF groups compared to that of HFD group. Conclusion: These results suggest PAF extract is effective in preventing and improvement obesity, so it might be a potential and safe material for anti-obesity agent of weight control or functional supplements.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.81-93
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• 2022

Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the experience and perception among adult women regarding weight control and the consumption of weight-control foods or health functional foods based on their body mass index (BMI). Methods: The subjects were 634 adult women from the Chungcheong province, Korea, and data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire from July 2021 through September 2021. The subjects were divided into four groups based on their BMI status: underweight (< 18.5 kg/m², 7.6%), normal weight (18.5 ~ 22.9 kg/m², 53.3%), overweight (23 ~ 24.9 kg/m², 19.7%), and obese (≥ 25 kg/m², 19.4%). Results: Over the past 3 years, almost two-thirds (68.6%) of the adult women had tried weight control measures, despite the fact that a significant proportion of them were normal or underweight. More importantly, 57.6% of subjects reported the consumption of weight-control foods, with a lower proportion in the underweight (35.4%) group compared to the normal (56.2%), overweight (62.4%), and obese (65.0%) groups. The food items used for weight control were mostly salads, chicken breasts, low fat (soy) milk, slimming tea, protein shakes, low-calorie cereals, and energy/protein bars among others. In addition, one-third (31.1%) of the subjects reported the use of health functional foods containing ingredients for fat reduction. A significantly higher proportion of these was from the overweight (36.0%) and obese (38.2%) groups compared to the underweight (20.8%) and normal weight (28.1%) groups. Products containing Garcinia cambogia extract, green tea, or Cissus extract, were popular among users. Subjects who were obese had a poorer perception of their health and body. Most subjects felt the need for correct information regarding weight control, but this number was significantly more in the higher BMI groups. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the use of weight-control foods or health functional foods is popular among adult women, especially those who are obese. Thus, nutrition education courses covering facts about weight control and practice need to be developed and provided based on the BMI status of subjects.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2022

Objectives : Although the anti-obesity effect of Schizandrae Fructus water extract has been demonstrated, its underlying mechanism is still unclear. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the anti-obesity effect of Schizandrae Fructus water extract through the p-AMP-activated protein kinase (p-AMPK), sirtuin1 (Sirt1), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) signaling in 60% high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mouse model. Methods : Male C57BL/6 mice were divided into four groups. The Normal group was fed a normal diet and the obese groups were fed 60% HFD. Except for the Control group, the GG group was supplemented with 0.5% Garcinia gummigutta and the SCW group was supplemented with 0.5% Schizandrae Fructus water extract. After 6 weeks, obesity-related biomarkers in serum were measured and the expressions of protein for lipid-related factors in liver tissue were analyzed by western blot. Results : Treatment with SCW significantly down-regulated body weight compared to the Control group. SCW down-regulated levels of triglyceride and total cholesterol in serum and significantly increased p-AMPK, Sirt1, and PGC-1α in liver tissue. In addition, the expressions of fatty acid oxidation-related proteins such as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα), carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT-1A), uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), and uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) were significantly up-regulated. However, fatty acid synthesis-related proteins including sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 (SREBP-1), phospho-Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase (p-ACC), and fatty acid synthase (FAS) were significantly down-regulated. Conclusions : Taken together, SCW treatment showed anti-obesity effect by regulating both fatty acid oxidation-related and fatty acid synthesis-related proteins through AMPK/Sirt1/PGC-1α signaling in 60% HFD-induced obese mice.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2009

본 연구는 폐기되는 대두박으로부터 분리한 사포닌이 고 지방식이로 유도한 비만마우스의 체중, 지질 함량, 지질대사 및 내당능에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 4주령의 C57BL/6 마우스(n=48)를 1주일간 적응시킨 후 정상식이를 급여한 정상군, 고지방을 급여한 고지방대조군, 고지방식이에 대두박 사포닌을 수준별(0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, w/w)로 급여한 군들과 양성대조물질인 가르시니아 캄보지아(1.0%, w/w)를 급여한 군으로 나누어 9주간 사육하였다. 체중증가량과 내장지방 (부고환 지방과 신장주변 지방) 무게는 고지방대조군에 비하여 대두박 사포닌 급여 수준에 의존적으로 낮아졌다. 캄보지아는 식이섭취량을 억제시킨 반면, 대두박 사포닌은 비만유도 마우스의 식이섭취량에 유의적인 영향을 미치지 않았다. 혈장 중의 렙틴 함량은 고지방대조군에 비하여 대두박사포닌 보충군에서 낮았다. 대두박 사포닌 급여수준에 관계 없이 혈장의 중성지질과 총 콜레스테롤 함량은 유의적으로 낮아진 반면, 사포닌 급여 수준에 의존적으로 변으로 중성지질 배설은 유의적으로 높았다. 한편, 캄보지아는 변의 지질 함량에 유의적인 영향을 미치지 않았다. 간조직 중의 중성지방과 콜레스테롤 함량 역시 고지방대조군에 비하여 대두박사포닌 급여군(1.5%)에서 유의적으로 개선되었으나 캄보아지군의 콜레스테롤 함량은 증가되었다. 고지방식이는 정상 식이에 비하여 혈당과 내당능을 유의적으로 증가시켰으나 대두박 사포닌과 캄보지아 급여는 혈당과 식후 혈당 변화를 효과적으로 개선하는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 1.5% 대두박사포닌 급여군의 혈당은 정상군 수준이었다. 9주 동안 고지방식이 급여는 간조직 중의 지방산 합성과 산화효소활성을 모두 증가시켰는데 합성효소의 상승이 훨씬 큰 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 대두박 사포닌은 간조직 중의 지방산 합성과 산화효소활성을 정상화하였다. 이와 같이 대두박 사포닌은 비만유도 마우스에서 변으로의 중성지질 배설을 증가시키고 간조직에서 지질대사 관련 효소활성을 조절함으로써 체중조절과 혈당개선에 효과적이었다.