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Inhibition of lipogenesis by pycnogenol
1Department of Food and Nutrition, Nagoya Bunri College, Nagoya, Japan. hsgwn@nagoya-bunri.ac.jp
Phytotherapy Research : PTR
|August 29, 2000
Abstract:
The influence of pycnogenol on the adipose conversion of 3T3-L1 cells by insulin was studied. In week 3 of culture with insulin, pycnogenol was found to inhibit significantly the expression of glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (p < 0.01). This finding suggests that pycnogenol inhibits the accumulation of lipid droplets in adipose tissue.