Prevention Effects of Cacao Polyphenols on Metabolic Syndrome

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  • YAMASHITA Yoko
    Department of Agribioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science
  • ASHIDA Hitoshi
    Department of Agribioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science

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  • カカオポリフェノールのメタボリックシンドローム予防効果
  • カカオポリフェノール ノ メタボリックシンドローム ヨボウ コウカ

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<p>Cacao beans contain abundant polyphenols such as catechins and their polymers procyanidins. Intake of cacao product in particular dark chocolate has various health promotion effects including prevention of lifestyle diseases. We here show that prevention effects of cacao polyphenols on hyperglycemia and adiposity: Cacao polyphenols promote translocation of glucose transporter 4 to the plasma membrane of muscle cells accompanied by phosphorylation of AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) and GLP-1 secretion; and they increase energy expenditure-related factors such as uncoupling proteins and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 trough phosphorylation of AMPK.</p>

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  • Oleoscience

    Oleoscience 17 (10), 467-474, 2017

    Japan Oil Chemists' Society

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