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Chronic l-menthol-induced browning of white adipose tissue hypothesis: A putative therapeutic regime for combating obesity and improving metabolic health.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Aug 2016
Sakellariou Paraskevi, Valente Angelica, Carrillo Andres E, Metsios George S, Nadolnik Liliya, Jamurtas Athanasios Z, Koutedakis Yiannis, Boguszewski Cesar, Andrade Cláudia Marlise Balbinotti, Svensson Per-Arne, Kawashita Nair Honda, Flouris Andreas D
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INTRODUCTION: Obesity constitutes a serious global health concern reaching pandemic prevalence rates. The existence of functional brown adipose tissue (BAT) in adult humans has provoked intense research interest in the role of this metabolically active tissue in whole-body energy balance and body weight regulation. A number of environmental, physiological, pathological, and pharmacological stimuli have been...
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