Biomedical Science Letters (대한의생명과학회지)
- Volume 9 Issue 4
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- Pages.215-222
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- 2003
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- 1738-3226(pISSN)
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- 2288-7415(eISSN)
Effect of Capsaicin on the Body fat and Adipocyte in the Diet induced-obese Mice
- Lee, Won-Joon (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Biohealth Products Research Center, Food Science Institute, Diet Research Center, Inje University) ;
- Choi, Hynn-Ju (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Biohealth Products Research Center, Food Science Institute, Diet Research Center, Inje University)
- Published : 2003.12.01
Abstract
As the obesity has been known to be related with the hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, cerebral apoplexy, fatty liver, and other chronic diseases, recent researches have focused on the functional food materials and their anti-obesity activities. This study was performed to study the effects of vanilloid family capsaicin, major pungent ingredient of hot chillies and peppers, on anti-obesity activities. ICR male mice were fed one of the pellet diet, basal diet, and high fat diet with capsaicin (45
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