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SUBMITTER: Tsai YT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7146579 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsai Yi-Ting YT Ruan Jhen-Wei JW Chang Cherng-Shyang CS Ko Mei-Lan ML Chou Hsiu-Chuan HC Lin Chi-Chien CC Lin Chiao-Mei CM Huang Chih-Ting CT Wei Yu-Shan YS Liao En-Chi EC Chen Hsin-Yi HY Kao Cheng-Yuan CY Chan Hong-Lin HL
Nutrients 20200310 3
Obesity is associated with metabolic disorders. Thus, obesity prevention and treatment are essential for health. <i>Antrodia cinnamomea</i> (AC) is a multifunctional medicinal fungus used for the treatment of various diseases and for preventing diet-induced obesity. Leptin deficiency causes over-eating and spontaneous obesity. The concomitant metabolic symptoms are more severe than diet-induced obesity. Here, we used leptin-deficient (<i>ob/ob</i>) mice as an animal model for over-feeding to stu ...[more]