This study analyzed growth patterns, biological compounds, antioxidant properties, ginsenoside contents, metabolites, and the annual net production of ‘Yunpoong’ ‘K-1’ to find optimal harvesting time ginseng sprouts. One-year-old seedlings were cultivated in a container-type vertical farm under temperature 20 °C, humidity 60%, average light intensity 46.4 µmol m−2 s−1 (16 h photoperiod). Growth...

The first purpose of this study was to investigate whether a GLU+FRUC beverage would result in a higher exogenous CHO oxidation rate and a higher fluid availability during exercise in the heat compared with an isoenergetic GLU beverage. A second aim of the study was to examine whether ingestion of GLU at a rate of 1.5 g/min during exercise in the heat would lead to a reduced muscle glycogen oxi...

Age-linked metabolic disturbances, such as liver steatosis and insulin resistance, show greater prevalence in men than in women. Thus, our aim was to analyze these sex-related differences in male and female Wistar rats (aged 26 days and 3, 7, and 14 months), and to assess their potential relationship with alterations in the capacity of adipose tissue expansion and the dysregulation of the main ...

BACKGROUND Incomplete reporting is a frequent waste in research. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of a writing aid tool (WAT) based on the CONSORT statement and its extension for non-pharmacologic treatments on the completeness of reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS We performed a 'split-manuscript' RCT with blinded outcome assessment. Participants were masters and doc...

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Bofutsushosan (BOF), an oriental herbal medicine, has been used as an anti-obesity drug in overweight patients. In the present study, to evaluate the anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects of BOF, we investigated the effects of BOF on the white adipose tissue (WAT) weight, the size of adipocytes, adiponectin expression, and oral glucose tolerance test results in high-fat diet-fed male KK/Ta mic...

A baseline study of soil-transmitted helminthiases was carried out in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand. The study sites were Wat Krou Chou Primary School and nearby villages in Sichon district, and Wat Thang Phoon Primary School and nearby villages in Chalerm Phrakiat District. Surveys of the schoolchildren's stools were conducted by the Kato-Katz technique. The results showed th...

S100B is a calcium binding protein found in adipose tissue; however, relatively little is known about the physiologic regulation or distribution of the protein within this organ. We examined plasma S100B concentration and white adipose tissue (WAT) s100b mRNA levels in lean and diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. Plasma S100B levels were increased by obesity. In WAT, s100b gene expression was also s...

One such method, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), detects WAT by measuring the difference in heat absorbed or released between a reference sample and the test sample at a given cooling or warming rate. The WAT is detected by a deviation of experimental data from the reference baseline and typically requires a significant amount of wax formation for sensible detection. Consequently, it m...

Angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) is a circulating inhibitor of lipoprotein and endothelial lipase whose physiological function has remained obscure. Here we show that ANGPTL3 plays a major role in promoting uptake of circulating very low density lipoprotein-triglycerides (VLDL-TGs) into white adipose tissue (WAT) rather than oxidative tissues (skeletal muscle, heart brown adipose tissue) i...