The effects of anthocyanins on body weight and expression of adipocyte’s hormones: Leptin and adiponectin

Journal of Functional Foods

Megan Shuttleworth¹  Natalie Colson²  Avinash Reddy Kundur³  Lada Tucakovic⁴  Abishek Bommannan Santhakumar⁴  Indu Singh⁴ 

[1] Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre (ITTC) for Functional Grains, Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, 2650 New South Wales, Australia;Corresponding author at: Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4222, Building G05, Room 2.35, Australia.;School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, 2650 New South Wales, Australia;School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia;

关键词: Anthocyanins;    Leptin;    Adiponectin;    Obesity;    Adipocytes;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of the study was to assess the effects of anthocyanin-rich Queen Garnet plum juice (QGPJ) on body weight and expression of leptin and adiponectin. Queen Garnet plum is a Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) cultivar developed through a Queensland Government breeding program with very high levels of anthocyanins (272 mg/100 g). Twenty healthy volunteers were supplemented with 200 ml/day of QGPJ and placebo drink for 4 weeks. Supplementation with QGPJ significantly reduces body weight and BMI (p < 0.05) with the average decrease of 0.6 kg in body weight and 0.2 units in BMI over the period of 4 weeks. Furthermore, consumption of QGPJ significantly increases adiponectin blood levels (p < 0.05) (average increase of 3.83 µg/mL) and decreases leptin blood levels (average decrease of 1.31 ng/mL). QGPJ may have potential to be used as a functional food for preventing obesity and obesity related disorders.

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