Obesity is a major health crisis affecting over a third of the global population. This
multifactorial disease is regulated via interoceptive neural circuits in the brain, whose …

Polyphenols have attracted huge interest among researchers of various disciplines because
of their numerous biological activities, such as antioxidative, antiinflammatory, antiapoptotic …

The aim of this study was to investigate effects of dietary grape seed proanthocyanidin
extract (GSPE) supplementation on meat quality, muscle fiber characteristics and antioxidant …

Leptin is highly expressed in the placenta, mainly by trophoblastic cells, where it has an
important autocrine trophic effect. Moreover, increased leptin levels are found in the most …

Proanthocyanidins, as the oligomers or polymers of flavan‐3‐ol, are widely discovered in
plants such as fruits, vegetables, cereals, nuts, and leaves, presenting a major part of dietary …

Proanthocyanidins (PACs) are the bioactive components naturally present in daily diet,
especially in fruits and vegetables. Multiple pieces of evidence suggested that ingestion of …

In diet-induced obesity, metformin (MF) has weight-lowering effect and improves glucose
homeostasis and insulin sensitivity. However, there is no information on the efficiency of MF …

A screening of inhibitory activity of α-amylase, as well as pancreatic lipase (PL), under the
influence of aqueous and ethanolic preparations from 12 plant materials was performed …

Polyphenols are a group of micronutrients widely existing in plant foods including fruits,
vegetables, and teas that can improve nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In this …

Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease resulting from excessive fat accumulation and/or
abnormal distribution caused by multiple factors. As a major component of metabolic …