Balan, D. and Chan, Kit Lam and Murugan, Dharmani Devi and AbuBakar, Sazaly and Wong, Pooi Fong (2018) Antiadipogenic effects of a standardized quassinoids-enriched fraction and eurycomanone from Eurycoma longifolia. Phytotherapy Research, 32 (7). pp. 1332-1345. ISSN 0951-418X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.6065.
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Bioactive compounds of Eurycoma longifolia (EL) jack were previously shown to reduce omentum fat mass and oestradiol-induced fatty uterine adhesion in rats. However, the exact role of EL on adipogenesis remains unknown. This study sought to investigate the effects of an EL standardized quassinoids-enriched fraction (SQEL) and the pure compound, eurycomanone, on adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells. 3T3-L1 cells were induced to differentiate and treated for 8 days. The treatment reduced intracellular accumulation of lipid droplets and triglycerides in the differentiating adipocytes and induced lipolysis in matured adipocytes. The expressions of adipogenic transcription factors and markers were also significantly downregulated during the early stage of differentiation. Furthermore, SQEL also suppressed body weight gain, decreased epididymal and perirenal fat pad mass and size, and reduced the accumulation of fat in the livers of C57BL/6J mice fed with normal or high-fat diet that were concurrently given 5 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg (i.p) of SQEL for 12 weeks. SQEL also improved glucose intolerance and decreased the elevated total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in these mice groups. These findings suggest that SQEL could be explored as an alternative pharmacologic agent inhibiting adipogenesis for the prevention of obesity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | NKEA AGRICULTURE (EPP#1), NKEA Research Grant Scheme (NRGS), Ministry of Agriculture & Agro‐ Based Industry, Malaysia (GA016‐2014) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adipogenesis; energy homeostasis; Eurycoma longifolia; lipolysis; obesity |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2019 07:55 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2019 07:55 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/22359 |
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