Health Benefits of Bioactive Compounds from the Genus Ilex, a Source of Traditional Caffeinated Beverages

RY Gan, D Zhang, M Wang, H Corke - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tea and coffee are caffeinated beverages commonly consumed around the world in daily
life. Tea from Camellia sinensis is widely available and is a good source of caffeine and …

[HTML][HTML] Plants with potential use on obesity and its complications

CI Gamboa-Gómez, NE Rocha-Guzmán… - EXCLI …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disease and a growing public health problem
worldwide. This disease is a causal component of the metabolic syndrome related with …

The Positive Effects of Yerba Maté (Ilex paraguariensis) in Obesity

A Gambero, ML Ribeiro - Nutrients, 2015 - mdpi.com
The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide over the past three decades. Global anti-
obesity strategies focus on dietary and lifestyle modifications to slow the development of …

[HTML][HTML] Medicinal Plant extracts against Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Associated with obesity: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

J Gutiérrez-Cuevas, D López-Cifuentes… - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Obesity has increasingly become a worldwide epidemic, as demonstrated by
epidemiological and clinical studies. Obesity may lead to the development of a broad …

Effects of in vitro digestion and in vitro colonic fermentation on stability and functional properties of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St. Hil.) beverages

VG Correa, GA Goncalves, AB de Sa-Nakanishi… - Food Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) is a plant that grows naturally in South America. From its
leaves and thin stems different kinds of beverages are prepared (chimarrão, tererê and tea …

Leucine supplementation ameliorates early-life programming of obesity in rats

Y Sun, B Sun, X Han, A Shan, Q Ma - Diabetes, 2023 - Am Diabetes Assoc
The advanced cessation of lactation elevates the risk of programmed obesity and obesity-
related metabolic disorders in adulthood. This study used multiomic analysis to investigate …

Does early weaning shape future endocrine and metabolic disorders? Lessons from animal models

LL Souza, EG de Moura, PC Lisboa - Journal of Developmental …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Obesity and its complications occur at alarming rates worldwide. Epidemiological data have
associated perinatal conditions, such as malnutrition, with the development of some …

Body adiposity and endocrine profile of female Wistar rats of distinct ages that were early weaned

CB Pietrobon, IM Bertasso, BS Silva… - Hormone and …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Early weaning (EW) is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome. Male rats that were precociously
weaned present neonatal malnutrition and, in adulthood, developed overweight …

Effects of Ilex paraguariensis (yerba mate) treatment on leptin resistance and inflammatory parameters in obese rats primed by early weaning

N da Silva Lima, E de Oliveira, APS da Silva… - Life Sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Aims We evaluated the effects of yerba mate treatment over 30 days on body weight, food
intake, hypothalamic leptin action and inflammatory profile in adult rats that were weaned …

Effects of Yerba maté, a Plant Extract Formulation (“YGD”) and Resveratrol in 3T3-L1 Adipogenesis

JC Santos, ÉMF Gotardo, MT Brianti, M Piraee… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
We aimed to evaluate the in vitro effects of yerba maté, YGD (a herbal preparation
containing yerba maté, guarana and damiana), and resveratrol on adipogenesis. The anti …