Obesity is increasingly taking an important stage as a cause of death worldwide, and interventions with a good cost-effectiveness ratio are needed. is one of these natural products with health benefits. Objective. The present study evaluated the cy...
The corms of Hypoxis argentea are widely used as a traditional remedy for diabetes mellitus in South Africa. In this study, we investigated the effects of non-toxic concentrations (12.5-100 μg mL-1) of the aqueous extract of H. argentea (HAA) corms o...
It has been demonstrated that triterpenes in Alismatis rhizoma (Zexie in Chinese, ZX) contributed to the lipid-lowering effect on high-fat diet-induced hyperlipidemia. Alisol B 23-acetate, one of the abundant triterpenes in ZX, was used as the marker...
Quantitative methods for assessing differentiative potency of adipose-derived stem/stromal cells may lead to improved clinical application of this multipotent stem cell, by advancing our understanding of specific processes such as adipogenic differen...
Adipogenesis is intricately linked to the onset and progression of muscle aging; however, the relevant biomarkers remain unclear. This study sought to identify key genes associated with adipogenesis in the context of muscle aging. Firstly, gene expre...