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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Innovative Therapeutic Approaches Targeting Obesity: Can Flavonoids Improve the Efficacy of Anti-Obesogenic Drugs?

Emanuele-Salvatore Scarpa, Stefano Amatori, Giovanni Caprioli, Filippo Maggi, Gianluca Moroncini, Giancarlo Balercia, Gilberta Giacchetti

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Emanuele-Salvatore ScarpaR&D Department, Mivell S.r.l.s., 61032 Fano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8675-0790
Stefano AmatoriDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61032 Fano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3988-3480
Giovanni CaprioliSchool of Pharmacy, Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP) Research Center, University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5530-877X
Filippo MaggiSchool of Pharmacy, Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP) Research Center, University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1375-4744
Gianluca MoronciniDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Giancarlo BalerciaDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1286-1521
Gilberta GiacchettiClinic of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial metabolic disease associated with various factors such as insulin resistance, increased adipogenesis, induction of gluconeogenesis, epigenetic mechanisms, chronic inflammatory state, and oxidative stress. Anti-obesity drugs such as Semaglutide and Tirzepatide are currently used in therapies for obese patients and exert remarkable anti-obesogenic effects, determining weight loss and inhibition of insulin resistance. The impairment of the adipogenesis process and the inhibition of the differentiation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells into adipocytes should also be considered to improve the therapeutic strategies for obesity. Notably, the ability of several flavonoids to inhibit adipogenesis has been described. Flavonoids are the most abundant polyphenols in the human diet and exhibit a wide range of biological properties, including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Furthermore, many flavonoids can modulate the activity of enzymes involved in epigenetic mechanisms, which play a crucial role in obesity development. The purpose of this review is the identification of those flavonoids able to exert anti-adipogenic and anti-obesity effects in both in vitro and in vivo experimental models, with the aim of combining these natural molecules, as adjuvants, with anti-obesogenic drugs to develop innovative therapeutic approaches for the treatment of obesity pathology.

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Anti-Obesity AgentsFlavonoidsObesityAdipogenesisAnimalsHumansAnti-Obesity AgentsFlavonoidsanti-adipogenicanti-inflammatoryanti-obesity drugsanti-obesogenicantioxidantflavonoidsobesity

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PMID41155431
PMCPMC12562994

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