Anti-Obesity Effect of Chlorin e6-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy on Mice with High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity

• Main Authors: Rajeev Shrestha (Author), Pallavi Gurung (Author), Junmo Lim (Author), Til Bahadur Thapa Magar (Author), Cheong-Wun Kim (Author), Hak Yong Lee (Author), Yong-Wan Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Chlorin e6 (Ce6)-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) for anti-obesity activities in high-fat-diet (HFD)-induced obesity mouse models. We induced obesity in C57BL/6 mice by HFD and administered Ce6 (2.5 or 5 mg/kg) orally with 3 h of incubation. The mice were...