Cinnamon Extract Improves Insulin Sensitivity in the Brain and Lowers Liver Fat in Mouse Models of Obesity - Sartorius, Tina; Peter, Andreas; Schulz, Nadja; Drescher, Andrea; Bergheim, Ina; Machann, Jürgen; Schick, Fritz; Siegel-Axel, Dorothea; Schürmann, Annette; Weigert, Cora; Häring, Hans-Ulrich; Hennige, Anita M. (PloS one, 2014)
Keywords: Acrolein - analogs & derivatives; Acrolein - pharmacology; Acrolein - therapeutic use; Adiposity - drug effects; Aldehydes; Analysis; Animal models; Animal tissues; Animals; Astrocytes; Astrocytes - drug effects; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood; Blood glucose; Brain; Brain - drug effects; Brain - metabolism; Cell Line; Cinnamaldehyde; Cinnamomum zeylanicum - chemistry; Cinnamon; Cortex; Diabetes mellitus; Energy expenditure; Energy Intake; Eugenol; Eugenol - pharmacology; Eugenol - therapeutic use; Glucose; Glucose tolerance; Glycogen; Glycogen - biosynthesis; Glycogen synthesis; Hepatocytes; Homeostasis; Humans; Insulin; Insulin - administration & dosage; Insulin - physiology; Insulin Resistance; Insulin secretion; Liver; Liver - drug effects; Liver - metabolism; Locomotion; Locomotor activity; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Obese; Motor Activity - drug effects; Nutrition; Obesity; Obesity - drug therapy; Obesity - metabolism; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Plant Extracts - therapeutic use; Research and Analysis Methods; Rodents; Secretion; Sensitivity; Signaling; Synthesis; Type 2 diabetes; Germany