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. 2013 Oct 24;2013:145421. doi: 10.1155/2013/145421

Table 3.

Studies evaluating the effect of anthocyanins on hepatic steatosis and steatohepatitis in vivo.

Paper Anthocyanin Food Model Metabolic effects Molecular effects
48 Anthocyanin factor Sweet potato Mice fed HFD ⇓ weight gain
steatosis
pAMPK and pACC
Srepb1c, FAS, ACC
49 Cyaniding-3-O-β-glucoside KKAy mice steatosis GPAT1 translocation to OMM
51 Cyanidin-3-O-β-glucoside db/db mice antioxidants (GSH)
steatosis, ROS, and inflammation
PKA and CREB
55 Cyanidin-3-O-β-glucoside Blackcurrant Rats steatosis
hepatic saturated FAs
antioxidants
?
56 Cyanidin-3-O-β-glucoside C57Bl/6 on HFD and db/db glucose and IR
cytokines and adipose tissue inflammation
steatosis
hepatic JNK
hepatic FOXO1 activity and gluconeogenesis
57 Several Tart cherry Dahl Salt-Sensitive rat fasting glucose
hyperlipidemia
hyperinsulinemia
steatosis
PPARα
acyl-coenzyme A oxidase
58 Vitis coignetiae Pulliat leaves (yama-budo) Rats on HFD choline deficient diet liver enzymes and liver fibrosis
CYP2E1
antioxidants
?
59 Several Moro orange juice C57Bl/6 mice on HFD weight gain
IR, TGs,
steatosis
LXR, FAS
PPARα, Srebp1c
27 Several Wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) Zucker rats hyperlipidemia PPARα
Srebp1c
60 Blueberry Zucker rats on HFD IR and lipids
adiposity
steatosis
PPARα
61 Mulberry Hamsters on HFD weight gain and visceral fat,
TGs, chol, FFAs
steatosis
HMG-CoA, FAS
PPARα, CPT-1
62 Several Elderberry Hamsters fed high fat fish oil serum lipids
steatosis
lipoperoxidation
?
63 Mulberry Rats on HFD serum lipids
hepatic and serum lipoperoxidation
antioxidants

HFD: high fat diet; IR: insulin resistance; TGs: triglycerides; LXR: liver X receptor; FAS: fatty acid synthase; GAPT1: glycerol 3 phosphate acyl transferase; PPARα: peroxisomes proliferator activated receptor α; chol: cholesterol; FFAs: free fatty acids; CPT-1: carnitine-palmitoyl-transferase-1; HMG-CoA red: 3-hydroxymethyl-3-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase; p: phospho; AMPK: adenosine monophoshopate protein kinase; Srebp1c: sterol regulated element binding protein 1c; ACC: acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase; ROS: reactive oxygen species; JNK: c-Jun N-terminal kinase; FOXO1: forkhead box O1.