title: Anti-obesity action of Salix matsudana leaves (Part 1). Anti-obesity action by polyphenols of Salix matsudana in high fat-diet treated rodent animals.
abstract: In preliminary experiments, polyphenol fractions prepared from the leaves of Salix matsudana reduced the elevation of the rat plasma triacylglycerol level at 3 and 4 h after oral administration of a lipid emulsion containing corn oil, at a dose of 570 mg/kg. The present study examined the anti-obesity action of polyphenol fractions of S. matsudana leaves by testing whether the polyphenol fractions prevented the obesity induced by feeding a high-fat diet to female mice for 9 weeks. Body weights at 2-9 weeks and the fi nal parametrial adipose tissue weights were significantly lower in mice fed the high-fat diet with 5% polyphenols of S. matsudana leaves than in those fed the high-fat diet alone. The polyphenols of S. matsudana leaves also significantly reduced the hepatic total cholesterol content, which was elevated in mice fed the high-fat diet alone. In addition, the polyphenol fractions of S. matsudana leaves inhibited palmitic acid uptake into brush border membrane vesicles prepared from rat jejunum and alpha-amylase activity, and their fractions enhanced norepinephrine-induced lipolysis in fat cells. In conclusion, it is suggested that the inhibitory effects of the flavonoid glycoside fraction of S. matsudana leaves on high-fat diet-induced obesity might be due to the inhibition of carbohydrate and lipid absorption from small intestine through the inhibition of alpha-amylase and palmitic acid uptake into small intestinal brush border membrane or by accelerating fat mobilization through enhancing norepinephrine-induced lipolysis in fat cells.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun, Ehime 791-0295, Japan.
authors.forename: Li-Kun
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Maho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sumiyoshi
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mo-Xiang
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xin-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yi-Nan
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Hiromichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005243:Feces; D005260:Female; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007583:Jejunum / Q000187:drug effects; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009638:Norepinephrine; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D010636:Phenols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018515:Plant Leaves; D059808:Polyphenols; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D032108:Salix; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005419:Flavonoids; D010636:Phenols; D010936:Plant Extracts; D059808:Polyphenols; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D009638:Norepinephrine