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Black Raspberry (Rubuscoreanus Miquel) Promotes Browning of Preadipocytes and Inguinal White Adipose Tissue in Cold-Induced Mice. Nutrients.

The alteration of white adipose tissue (WAT) "browning", a change of white into beige fat, has been considered as a...

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Ginger prevents obesity through regulation of energy metabolism and activation of browning in high-fat diet-induced obese mice.

Numerous natural herbs have been proven as safe anti-obesity resources. Ginger, one of the most widely consumed spices, has shown...

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Lesser Investigated Natural Ingredients for the Management of Obesity.

Obesity, an epidemiological disorder, is related to various complications in both the developed and developing world. It epitomizes a crucial...

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Biogenic Phytochemicals Modulating Obesity: From Molecular Mechanism to Preventive and Therapeutic Approaches.

The incidence of obesity and over bodyweight is emerging as a major health concern. Obesity is a complex metabolic disease...

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Dietary Factors Promoting Brown and Beige Fat Development and Thermogenesis.

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a specialized fat tissue that has a high capacity to dissociate cellular respiration from ATP...

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Food Ingredients Involved in White-to-Brown Adipose Tissue Conversion and in Calorie Burning.

Obesity is the consequence of chronic positive energy balance and considered a leading risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases....

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Selenium and iodine deficiencies: effects on brain and brown adipose tissue selenoenzyme activity and expression.

Adequate dietary iodine supplies and thyroid hormones are needed for the development of the central nervous system (CNS) and brown...

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Interactions among receptors, thyroid hormone response elements, and ligands in the regulation of the rat uncoupling protein gene expression by thyroid hormone.

Uncoupling protein (UCP) is essential to the thermogenic function of brown adipose tissue (BAT). Thyroid hormone stimulates the rat UCP...

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Thyroid hormone (T3) stimulates brown adipose tissue activation via mitochondrial biogenesis and MTOR-mediated mitophagy.

The thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (T3) activates thermogenesis by uncoupling electron transport from ATP synthesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT) mitochondria....

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