Kim, M.-W.; Ham, Y.-J.; Kim, H.-B.; Lee, J.-Y.; Lim, J.-D.; Lee, H.-T. Anti-Obesity Effects of the Larval Powder of Steamed and Lyophilized Mature Silkworms in A Newly Designed Adult Mouse Model. Foods2023, 12, 3613.
Kim, M.-W.; Ham, Y.-J.; Kim, H.-B.; Lee, J.-Y.; Lim, J.-D.; Lee, H.-T. Anti-Obesity Effects of the Larval Powder of Steamed and Lyophilized Mature Silkworms in A Newly Designed Adult Mouse Model. Foods 2023, 12, 3613.
Kim, M.-W.; Ham, Y.-J.; Kim, H.-B.; Lee, J.-Y.; Lim, J.-D.; Lee, H.-T. Anti-Obesity Effects of the Larval Powder of Steamed and Lyophilized Mature Silkworms in A Newly Designed Adult Mouse Model. Foods2023, 12, 3613.
Kim, M.-W.; Ham, Y.-J.; Kim, H.-B.; Lee, J.-Y.; Lim, J.-D.; Lee, H.-T. Anti-Obesity Effects of the Larval Powder of Steamed and Lyophilized Mature Silkworms in A Newly Designed Adult Mouse Model. Foods 2023, 12, 3613.
Abstract
Recently, “mature” silkworms (MS) of Bombix mori have been considered as a potential nutraceutical, with a number of health benefits reported for steamed and lyophilized MS powder (SMSP). However, no obesity-related effects have been reported for SMSP. In the present study, anti-obesity effects of SMSP were investigated in adult mice in vivo, aged 12 weeks at the onset of drug administration, fed normal diet (ND) and high-fat diet (HFD), respectively, for 12 weeks. SMSP significantly suppressed body weight gain, intra-abdominal adipose tissue, and food efficiency in both ND-fed and HFD-fed adult mice. In addition, SMSP significantly decreased food intake and liver weight in HFD-fed mice, indicating that SMSP suppressed appetite and simultaneously reduced the conversion of feed into body weight in HFD-fed mice. SMSP also significantly lowered serum levels of glucose, triglyceride, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, asparagine transaminase, alanine transaminase, and alkaline phosphatase. However, SMSP had no significant effect on the weights of kidney, spleen, and thymus and serum levels of blood urea nitrogen and creatinine. Taken together, the above results suggest that SMSP has potent anti-obesity effects and is safe for long-term use as a potential therapeutic and/or nutraceutical in both obese patients and non-obese individuals.
Keywords
adipose tissue; appetite; body weight; Bombyx mori; high-fat diet; food intake; mature silkworm; normal diet; nutraceutical; obesity
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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