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Beneficial effects of a chlorophyll-rich spinach extract supplementation on prevention of obesity and modulation of gut microbiota in high-fat diet-fed mice

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Abstract Obesity has become a serious public health threat worldwide and recent evidence demonstrates that gut microbiota plays an important role in obesity. To the best of our knowledge, no… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Obesity has become a serious public health threat worldwide and recent evidence demonstrates that gut microbiota plays an important role in obesity. To the best of our knowledge, no research has been presented demonstrating the effects of a chlorophyll-rich spinach extract supplementation on obesity and associated changes in gut microflora of mice. The present study found that a chlorophyll-rich spinach extract supplementation effectively alleviated body weight gain and low-grade inflammation, and improved the glucose tolerance in HFD-fed mice (p

Keywords: spinach extract; extract supplementation; chlorophyll rich; rich spinach; obesity

Journal Title: Journal of Functional Foods
Year Published: 2019

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