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Abstract
Various diseases caused by disorders of glucose and lipid metabolism are increasing day by day. Although many drugs have certain therapeutic effects, they still produce some side effects. Therefore, this article chooses the natural medicinal plant mulberry leaves to reveal its mechanism of regulating glucose and lipid metabolism. By establishing an insulin resistance model and a 3T3-L1 adipocyte model, it was found that mulberry leaf extract (MLE) and deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) significantly increased glucose consumption and glycogen consumption, while reducing total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. Network pharmacology, molecular docking, and protein level showed that MLE and DNJ could improve glucose and lipid metabolism disorders through IRS1/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. These results suggest that MLE and DNJ may have broad application prospects in regulating glycolipid metabolism in functional foods and healthcare products.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Food Biochemistry publishes fully peer-reviewed original research and review papers on the effects of handling, storage, and processing on the biochemical aspects of food tissues, systems, and bioactive compounds in the diet.
Researchers in food science, food technology, biochemistry, and nutrition, particularly based in academia and industry, will find much of great use and interest in the journal. Coverage includes:
-Biochemistry of postharvest/postmortem and processing problems
-Enzyme chemistry and technology
-Membrane biology and chemistry
-Cell biology
-Biophysics
-Genetic expression
-Pharmacological properties of food ingredients with an emphasis on the content of bioactive ingredients in foods
Examples of topics covered in recently-published papers on two topics of current wide interest, nutraceuticals/functional foods and postharvest/postmortem, include the following:
-Bioactive compounds found in foods, such as chocolate and herbs, as they affect serum cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease
-The mechanism of the ripening process in fruit
-The biogenesis of flavor precursors in meat
-How biochemical changes in farm-raised fish are affecting processing and edible quality