SEA BUCKTHORN leaf may support weight management*

Design: Randomised, controlled trial was conducted in 32 4-week-old mice. The mice were either fed with a normal diet with 5% corn oil (Normal Diet Group), a high-fat diet with 3% corn oil and 18% lard (High Fat Diet Group), a high-fat diet with 1% sea buckthorn leaf (SBL) (1% SBL Group) or 5% SBL (5% SBL Group) for 6 weeks.

Method and Material: Oral intake of a high-fat diet with 1% SBL or 5% SBL for 6 weeks.

Result:

Hepatic lipid accumulation was reduced.

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Hepatic Lipid Droplet Reduction

Normal Diet group

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High Fat Diet group

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5% SBL GRoUP

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Body weight gain was reduced by 23%, visceral fat was reduced by 25%, and fecal triglyceride excretion was increased by 117% and cholesterol excretion was increased by 53%, when comparing the treatment group with the high fat diet group.

Body Weight Gain

Visceral Fat

fecal lipid excretion

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Conclusion: Sea Buckthorn leaf has anti-visceral obesity and antioxidant effects mediated by the regulation of lipid and antioxidant metabolism. It may prevent hepatic damage by enhancing the antioxidant defense system and attenuation microsomal CYP2E1 induction.

(Lee et al., 2011)