Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5830738 | Fitoterapia | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The dried unripe fruit from Evodia rutaecarpa Benth., known as Wu zhu yu in China, has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine. In this research, we provide evidence that evodia fruit extract activates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and, as identified through HPLC fractionation and mass spectroscopy, the activating phytochemical is evodiamine. Evodiamine was shown to bind to and activate PPARγ. It was also shown to activate PPARγ-regulated gene expression in human hepatoma cells similar to known PPARγ ligands and that the expression was blocked by a PPARγ specific antagonist.
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Authors
John F. Rebhun, Samantha J. Roloff, Rodney A. Velliquette, Stephen R. Missler,