Antihyperlipidemic Activity of Ligularia fischeri Extract in Mice Fed a High-Carbohydrate Diet

Journal of Medicinal Food
Ju-Hyoung ParkJoa Sub Oh

Abstract

Ligularia fischeri, indigenous to eastern Asia, has been used as a traditional herbal medicine. Ligularia fischeri reportedly possesses a number of biological activities such as antimutagenic, antioxidant, antigenotoxic, and anti-inflammation. This study demonstrated the effects of ethanol extracts of Ligularia fischeri (ELF) on a high-carbohydrate diet (HCD)-induced hyperlipidemia in C57BL/6 mice. The mice were divided into six groups (n = 7/group) as follows: normal diet, HCD, or HCD+ELF (100, 200, 400, and 800 mg/kg/day), which were orally administered daily for 12 weeks. Various lipid parameters and histological changes in liver and fat tissue were compared among the treatment and control groups. ELF remarkably reduced body weight gain and attenuated hyperlipidemia by improving the plasma levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, atherogenic index, and cardiac risk factor. Moreover, ELF decreased the HCD-induced hepatic accumulation of lipid droplets and adipocyte hypertrophy. These regulatory effects of ELF appeared to be mediated through the phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, sterol regulatory element-binding...Continue Reading

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