Helen Carr-Ugarte

University of the Basque Country | UPV/EHU · Pharmacy and Food Science

Isorhamnetin is a plant-derived secondary metabolite which belongs to the family of flavonoids. This review summarises the main outcomes described in the literature to date, regarding the effects of isorhamnetin on obesity from in vitro and in vivo studies. The studies carried out in pre-adipocytes show that isorhamnetin is able to reduce adipogene...

When analysing the beneficial effects of phenolic compounds, several factors that exert a clear influence should be taken into account. The content of phenolic compounds in foods is highly variable, directly affecting individual dietary intake. Once ingested, these compounds have a greater or lesser bioaccessibility, defined as the amount available...

Chemerin is an adipokine produced by the white adipose tissue and other tissues, which plays various roles in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and metabolic diseases in multiple organs. The present review aims at gathering scientific evidence reported in the last ten years, concerning the relationship of chemerin with alterations of glycaemic contr...

Obesitatea lehen mailako osasun-arazotzat hartzen da, epidemia baten tamaina hartuz eta mundu mailan heriotza goiztiarren eragile nagusienetako bat bihurtuz. Gaixotasun metaboliko kroniko honen ezaugarri nagusienetako bat berarekin lotzen diren osasun-arazoak dira eta horien horien artean 2 motako diabetesa nabarmentzen da. Obesitatearen kasuan bez...