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Current Nutrition Reports

Is Propolis a Potential Anti-Obesogenic Agent for Obesity?

  • Open Access
  • 04-03-2024
  • Obesity
  • REVIEW
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Authors
Nilüfer Acar Tek
Şerife Akpınar Şentüre
Nursena Ersoy
Published in
Current Nutrition Reports | Issue 2/2024

Abstract

Purpose of Review

Propolis is a bee product that has been used for thousands of years. The chemical composition and biological activity of propolis, which has been investigated in the twentieth century, may vary according to location. Propolis polyphenols can induce thermogenesis in brown and beige fat tissue via the uncoupled protein-1 and creatinine kinase metabolic pathways. This review provides a comprehensive investigation of the structural and biological properties of propolis and provides insights into their promising potential strategies in body weight management.

Recent Findings

By raising overall energy expenditure, it might lead to body weight management. Furthermore, the phenolic components artepillin C, quercetin, catechin, and chlorogenic acid found in its composition may have anti-obesogenic effect by stimulating the sympathetic nervous system, enhancing browning in white adipose tissue, and triggering AMP-activated protein kinase activation and mitochondrial biogenesis.

Summary

Propolis, a natural product, is effective in preventing obesity which is a contemporary pandemic.
Title
Is Propolis a Potential Anti-Obesogenic Agent for Obesity?
Authors
Nilüfer Acar Tek
Şerife Akpınar Şentüre
Nursena Ersoy
Publication date
04-03-2024
Publisher
Springer US
Keywords
Obesity
Obesity
Published in
Current Nutrition Reports / Issue 2/2024
Electronic ISSN: 2161-3311
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-024-00524-0
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