11/06/2018 / By Ralph Flores
Researchers from the University of Ulsan in South Korea have identified the flavonoid quercetin to be effective against muscle atrophy caused by obesity. Their study, published in the Journal of Medicinal Food, investigated whether quercetin was effective on skeletal muscle atrophy in mice treated with tumor necrosis factor alpha.
The findings revealed the quercetin can prevent TNFa-induced muscle atrophy prevalent in obese individuals.
Learn more about the other benefits of quercetin at Nutrients.news.
Journal Reference:
Kim Y, Kim CS, Joe Y, Chung HT, Ha TY, Yu R. QUERCETIN REDUCES TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA-INDUCED MUSCLE ATROPHY BY UPREGULATION OF HEME OXYGENASE-1. Journal of Medicinal Food. 2018;21(6):551–559. DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2017.4108
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