Papers/PMID:21779555
(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate increases the expression of genes related to fat oxidation in the skeletal muscle of high fat-fed mice.
Food & function2011The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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(-)-epigallocatechin 3-gallate — decreases body mass
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Findingreplicated ×3“By contrast high fat-fed mice treated with EGCG showed a 21.7% reduction in the rate of body weight gain and a 9.4% decrease in final body weight (p < 0.05, Table 1).”
Quoted verbatim from (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate increases the expression of genes related to fat oxidation in the skeletal muscle of high fat-fed mice.. - Study
- animal · not in humans
- Duration
- 4 months
- Dose
- 0.32% EGCG in the diet
- Population
- High-fat-fed C57bl/6J mice given 0.32% EGCG in the diet for 16 weeks versus high-fat-fed mice without EGCG; final body weight
(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate increases the expression of genes related to fat oxidation in the skeletal muscle of high fat-fed mice.2011PMID:21779555Permalink