Food and Nutrition Sciences

Vol.9 No.8(2018), Paper ID 86768, 15 pages

DOI:10.4236/fns.2018.98074

 

Colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis) Flesh Extract Suppresses Adipogenesis by Down-Regulating Adipogenic Transcription Factors and Their Target Genes in 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes

 

Raoua Jemai, Riadh Drira, Hamadi Fetoui, Mohamed Makni, Kazuichi Sakamoto

 

Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Laboratory of Toxicology, Environmental Microbiology and Health, Science Faculty of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Laboratory of Toxicology, Environmental Microbiology and Health, Science Faculty of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

 

Copyright © 2018 Raoua Jemai, Riadh Drira, Hamadi Fetoui, Mohamed Makni, Kazuichi Sakamoto et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Jemai, R. , Drira, R. , Fetoui, H. , Makni, M. and Sakamoto, K. (2018) Colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis) Flesh Extract Suppresses Adipogenesis by Down-Regulating Adipogenic Transcription Factors and Their Target Genes in 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 9, 1014-1028. doi: 10.4236/fns.2018.98074.

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