Table 2.

Anti-obesity actions of some polyphenolic-food.

Polyphenolic-Food	Polyphenols Contained	Effects	Reference *
Soy beans	Isoflavones	↓ Serum leptin, TNF-α ↑ Adiponectin	132
		↓ BMI	133
Black soybean	Isoflavones Anthocyanins	↓ TNF-α, MCP-1	134
Red orange	Anthocyanins Citrus flavonoids	↓ CRP, TNF-α	98, 108
Mulberries	Anthocyanins Quercetin Chlorogenic acids	↓ Body weight ↓ Waist circumference ↓ Thigh circumference ↓ Insulin and glucose curves	116
Strawberry	Anthocyanins	↓ IL-6 ↓ Oxidized -LDL	118, 119
Grapefruit	Citrus flavonoids	↓ Body weight ↓ Waist circumference ↓ Systolic blood pressure	105
Dried apple	Flavanols	↓ BMI, TC	122
Apple	Flavanols Phenolic acids	= BMI, waist circumferences ↓ Body weight	123
Green tea	Flavanols	↓ BMI, waist circumference, glucose ↓ Total cholesterol, LDL-C, TG ↑ Total antioxidant level ↑ Adiponectin	94,98
Onion	Quercetin	↓ Body weight ↓ % Body fat ↓ BMI	124

* Anti-obesity human studies. CRP: C-reactive protein; MCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; IL: interleukin; BMI: body mass index; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein-cholesterol.