Autor según el artículo: Salvadó, MJ

Departamento: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia

Autor/es de la URV: SALVADÓ ROVIRA, MARIA JOSEPA

Resumen: Obesity is a multifactorial disorder involving an abnormal or excessive amount of body fat. Obese people have a very high probability of developing metabolic syndrome, a condition in which cholesterol, lipid, and glucose levels rise, causing diabetes and heart disease. From the point of view of energy balance, the main contributors to obesity are excessive energy intake, inadequate energy expenditure and metabolic malfunctions. For this reason, health organisations are working to implement policies and plans to promote healthy eating and active living. However, these measures have not yet proven sufficient to combat this worldwide epidemic; therefore, drugs and bioactive compounds are being investigated to complement the existing strategies. In the present review, we discuss the available data regarding the modulation of obesity by proanthocyanidin rich extracts. Because studies with human subjects are very scarce, we focus on studies using laboratory animals. The results of in vitro studies are included because, although they cannot be directly extrapolated to the biological effects of proanthocyanidin, they can reveal some mechanisms of action.

Grupo de investigación: Grup de Recerca en Nutrigenòmica

Áreas temáticas: Bioquímica i biotecnologia Bioquímica y tecnología Biochemistry and technology

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 2042-6496

Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-3883-3326

Fecha de alta del registro: 2019-01-17

Página final: 1071

Volumen de revista: 2015

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/FO/C4FO01035C#!divAbstract

DOI del artículo: 10.1039/c4fo01035c

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2015

Página inicial: 1053

Tipo de publicación: Article Artículo Article