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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2019

Lingguizhugan decoction attenuates diet-induced obesity and hepatosteatosis

Meng-Ting Liu, Ying-Juan Huang, Ting-Ying Zhang, Lun-Bo Tan, Xi-Feng Lu, Jian Qin

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Meng-Ting LiuDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
Ying-Juan HuangDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
Ting-Ying ZhangDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
Lun-Bo TanDepartment of Physiology, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong Province, China.
Xi-Feng LuDepartment of Physiology, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong Province, China.
Jian QinDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China. jian.qin.sunyatsen@outlook.com.
Shenzhen University Health Science Center · CNSun Yat-sen University · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CNThe Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundObesity is a major risk factor for a variety of diseases such as diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and cardiovascular diseases. Restricting energy intake, or caloric restriction (CR), can reduce body weight and improve metabolic parameters in overweight or obese patients. We previously found that Lingguizhugan decoction (LZD) in combination with CR can effectively lower plasma lipid levels in patients with metabolic syndrome. However, the mechanism underlying CR and LZD treatment is still unclear.

aimTo investigate whether CR and LZD improve metabolic parameters by modulating gut microbiota.

methodsWe extracted the water-soluble components out of raw materials and dried as LZD extracts. Eight-week old male C57BL/6 mice were treated with a 3-d treatment regime that included 24 h-fasting followed by gavage of LZD extracts for 2 consecutive days, followed by a normal diet (ND)

resultsWe found that CR and LZD treatment significantly reduced the body weight of mice fed with ND (28.71 ± 0.29

conclusionOur study suggests that CR and LZD improve metabolic parameters by modulating gut microbiota.

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Caloric RestrictionAnimalsCombined Modality TherapyDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansIntestinal MucosaLipid MetabolismLipidsLiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseObesityling-gui-zhu-gan decoctionLipidsPlant ExtractsDiabetesGut microbiotaHepatosteatosisLipid metabolismObesity

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