Marine Natural Products and Obesity

• Main Author: Vasconcelos, Vítor (auth)
• Other Authors: Urbatzka, Ralph (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; natural compounds; anti-obesity drugs; high fat diet; Ishige okamurae; fat; zebrafish Nile red fat metabolism assay; physical exercise; JAK2-STAT3; metabolite profiling; obesity; chlorophyll derivatives; brown seaweed; Skate skin; PPAR?; marine alga; marine biodiscovery; skate skin; lipolytic; leptin; uncoupling protein 1; 3T3-L1 cells; glucolipid metabolism disorder; nutrition; bioactivity; chitosan oligosaccharide; diphlorethohydroxycarmalol (DPHC); nutraceuticals; whole small animal models; high-fat diet; adipocyte; dyslipidemia; bioactivity screening; peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma; white adipose tissue; antiobesity; fatty liver disease; thermal proteome profiling; inflammation; cyanobacteria; Raja kenojei; Arthrospira maxima; cellularity; adipocytes; bioactive compound; collagen peptide; double-blind; bisabolane-related compounds; proliferation; fatty acid metabolism; cholesterol metabolism; collagen; randomized controlled trial; mechanisms of action; murine pre-adipocytes; adipogenesis; fucan; marine sponges; label-free quantitative proteomics; diabetes; body fat
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Obesity and related co-morbidities are increasing worldwide and pose a serious health problem. Changes in lifestyle and diet would be the best remedies to fight obesity; however, many people will still rely on medical aid. Marine organisms have been prolific in the production of bioactive compounds...