Anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects of a standardized potato extract in ob/ob mice

  • Authors:
    • Sae Kwang Ku
    • Soo Hyun Sung
    • Jai Jun Choung
    • Jae‑Suk Choi
    • Yong Kook Shin
    • Joo Wan Kim
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  • Published online on: April 14, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3256
  • Pages: 354-364
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Abstract

The potato (Solanum tuberosum) has been cultivated globally for food for millenia. Potato contains proteinase inhibitor II, which catalyzes the release of cholecystokinin (CCK), leading to delayed gastric emptying in humans. The present study investigated the anti‑obesity effects of Slendesta™ Potato Extract (SLD), a standardized potato extract containing 5% proteinase inhibitor II, in the ob/ob obese mice. Three doses of SLD (50, 150 or 300 mg/kg) were orally administered to ob/ob mice once a day for 28 days, whereas control mice were administered distilled water. Four weeks after SLD treatment, the changes in body weight, food consumption, epididymal fat weight, serum chemistry, insulin, leptin and adiponectin contents, and fat histopathology were determined and compared with ob/ob mice treated with 750 mg/kg conjugate linoleic acid. As a result of SLD treatment in the obese mice, body weight, food consumption, epididymal fat, serum biochemistry, histomorphological changes of fat and pancreas were significantly and dose‑dependently decreased compared with ob/ob control mice. These obesity and type 2 diabetes associated alterations were significantly inhibited after SLD treatment for 28 days. Thus, the present results indicate that SLD has potential as an alternative therapeutic agent for obesity.
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Ku SK, Sung SH, Choung JJ, Choi JS, Shin YK and Kim JW: Anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects of a standardized potato extract in ob/ob mice. Exp Ther Med 12: 354-364, 2016
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Ku, S.K., Sung, S.H., Choung, J.J., Choi, J., Shin, Y.K., & Kim, J.W. (2016). Anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects of a standardized potato extract in ob/ob mice. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 354-364. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3256
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Ku, S. K., Sung, S. H., Choung, J. J., Choi, J., Shin, Y. K., Kim, J. W."Anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects of a standardized potato extract in ob/ob mice". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.1 (2016): 354-364.
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Ku, S. K., Sung, S. H., Choung, J. J., Choi, J., Shin, Y. K., Kim, J. W."Anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects of a standardized potato extract in ob/ob mice". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 1 (2016): 354-364. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3256