Oxidative stress, plant natural antioxidants, and obesity

I Pérez-Torres, V Castrejón-Téllez, ME Soto… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress is important in the pathophysiology of obesity, altering regulatory factors of
mitochondrial activity, modifying the concentration of inflammation mediators associated with …

Antioxidant properties of plant-derived phenolic compounds and their effect on skin fibroblast cells

A Merecz-Sadowska, P Sitarek, E Kucharska… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plants are rich sources of a diverse range of chemicals, many of which have significant
metabolic activity. One large group of secondary compounds are the phenolics, which act as …

Naringin promotes fat browning mediated by UCP1 activation via the AMPK signaling pathway in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

HS Lee, CU Heo, YH Song, K Lee, CI Choi - Archives of Pharmacal …, 2023 - Springer
Induction of the brown adipocyte-like phenotype in white adipocytes (fat browning) is
considered a promising therapeutic strategy to treat obesity. Naringin, a citrus flavonoid, has …

Oxidative stress in animal models of obesity caused by hypercaloric diets: A systematic review

CMM Álvarez, EY Hernández-Cruz… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Obesity is a global health difficulty characterized by an excessive accumulation of fat that
increases body weight. Obesity has been studied in multiple animal models, of which those …

The colloid and interface strategies to inhibit lipid digestion for designing low-calorie food

S Chen, C Dima, MS Kharazmi, L Yin, B Liu… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although fat is one of the indispensable components of food flavor, excessive fat
consumption could cause obesity, metabolism syndromes and an imbalance in the intestinal …

Potential synergistic action of bioactive compounds from plant extracts against skin infecting microorganisms

P Sitarek, A Merecz-Sadowska, T Kowalczyk… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The skin is an important organ that acts as a physical barrier to the outer environment. It is
rich in immune cells such as keratinocytes, Langerhans cells, mast cells, and T cells, which …

Pea-Resistant starch with different multi-scale structural features attenuates the obesity-related physiological changes in high-fat diet mice

D Chang, X Hu, Z Ma - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The present study compared the modulatory effects of different resistant starches (RSs)
isolated from native (NP-RS), acid-hydrolyzed (AHP-RS), and pullulanase debranched (PDP …

Anti-inflammatory activity of extracts and pure compounds derived from plants via modulation of signaling pathways, especially PI3K/AKT in macrophages

A Merecz-Sadowska, P Sitarek, T Śliwiński… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The plant kingdom is a source of important therapeutic agents. Therefore, in this review, we
focus on natural compounds that exhibit efficient anti-inflammatory activity via modulation …

Supplementation of green coffee bean extract in healthy overweight subjects increases lean mass/fat mass ratio: A randomized, double-blind clinical study

HV Sudeep, K Shyam Prasad - SAGE Open Medicine, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: In this study, we have demonstrated that supplementation of a complex of
chlorogenic acid isomers (CGA-7TM) could significantly mitigate the risk of obesity in healthy …

An in vitro evaluation of the molecular mechanisms of action of medical plants from the Lamiaceae family as effective sources of active compounds against human …

P Sitarek, A Merecz-Sadowska, T Śliwiński, R Zajdel… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Plants have been used in folk medicine for thousands of years. The
Lamiaceae family is one of the largest families of flowering plants and includes a wide …