Fucoxanthin from edible seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida, shows antiobesity effect through UCP1 expression in white adipose tissues.

By Hayato Maeda, M. Hosokawa, Tokutake Sashima, Katsura Funayama, K. Miyashita. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC, 2005

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Subfields: Cell Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology

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