Anti-obesity properties and mechanism of action of genistein
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https://doi.org/10.31989/fffso.v1i7.1111Resumen
Obesity is considered a major health problem worldwide with a constantly increasing incidence, representing a significant public health issue affecting all genders and all ages, even children. The WHO reports alarming information that in 2016, 39% of adults were overweight, 13% were obese, and more than 340 million children and adolescents were overweight or obese. Information from 2020 states that 39 million children under 5 years of age were overweight or obese. With the occurrence of obesity, the risk obesity-related disease incidence, for example, hypertension, stroke, myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus, fatty liver, osteoarthritis, obstructive sleep apnoea, dementia, and several types of cancer, greatly increases.
Recent evidence shows the beneficial effects of natural compounds - flavonoids in preventing and treating obesity. Flavonoids, found in various plants, represent active biocompounds that are associated with many beneficial effects on human health, including their noticeable effect in obesity treatment due to their ability to reduce food intake and increase energy expenditure, reduce fat absorption and fat mass, decrease levels of triacylglycerides and cholesterol, and modulate the metabolism of lipids. Our review summarizes the antiobesity effect of genistein, a flavonoid that belongs to isoflavones subgroups. Genistein, a naturally occurring compound, is one of the most known and studied isoflavones that shows many beneficial antiobesity properties. Genistein has the ability to reduce body weight and food intake, increase lipolysis, increase oxidation of fatty acids, decrease adipogenesis, stimulate adipocyte differentiation, and induce adipocyte apoptosis.
Keywords: Obesity, Flavonoids, Isolavone, Genistein
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