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. 2022 Mar 24;31(8):957–970. doi: 10.1007/s10068-022-01069-0

Table 2.

Physiological studies of catechins on metabolic disease related to high fat diet

Materials Dosesa Species/organ (origin) Stressorsb Biomarkersc References
EGCG 50 μM/well

QSG-7701 cells

/Human liver cell

OA

↑SOD, catalase, GPx, LC3A/B, Beclin-1, p-ERK

↓P62, p-JNK, p-p38

Wu et al. (2021)
EGCG 50 mg/kg/day C57BL/6 J/liver HFD ↓Triglyceride, total cholesterol, ALT, AST, NEFA Wu et al. (Physiological studies of catechins)
EGCG 0.7 g/day/kg of b.w. (p.o.) Wistar rats (female)/plasma, fecal Semisynthetic diet high in cholesterol and fat

↑HDLC

↓Total cholesterol, Triglyceride, free fatty acids, total lipid, cholesterol, fat

Raederstorff et al. (2003)
Epicatechin 200 mg/kg (p.o.) C57BL/6 J/adipose tissue HFD ↓TNF-α, IL-6, Saa3, Ip-10, Ccl19, cd11c, Cidea Sano et al. (2017)
( +)-Catechin 300 μmol/L 3T3-L1 cells/adipocytes IBMX, DEX

↑cAMP, PKA, ATGL, PLIN

↓C/EBPβ, C/EBPδ, PPARγ, SREBP1C

Jiang et al. (2019)
Green tea catechin 1.7 mg/day (p.o.) C57BL/6 J/plasma ApoE-deficient transgenic mice

↑HDLC

↓Total cholesterol, Triglyceride, VLDLC, MDA

Miura et al. (2001)
Green tea catechin 0.1% (w/v) (p.o.) Lewis rats (female)/liver Haemorrhage/resuscitation ↓ALT, IL-6, PMNL, ICAM-1, p-IκB-α, CAE Relja et al. (2011)
Green tea catechin 50 mg/kg (p.o.) C57BL/6/liver, adipose HFD ↓TNF-α, IL-1β, TNFR1, p-IRS-1, p-JNK, iNOS, COX-2, HMGCR, PPARγ, FAS Kim et al. (2020b)
Wine grape seed flour catechin 5% (w/v) (p.o.) C57BL/6 J/plasma HFD, HFrD

↑HDLC

↓Triglyceride, Total cholesterol

Seo et al. (2020)

aMaximal dose of referred study. Body weight (b.w.)

bAbbreviation of stressors. OA oleic acid, HFD high-fat diet, IBMX isobutylmethylxanthine, DEX dexamethasone, HFrD high-fructose diet

cAbbreviation of biomarkers. SOD superoxide dismutase, GPx glutathione peroxidase, p-ERK phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase, p-JNK phosphorylated c-Jun N-terminal kinases, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, NEFA non-esterified fatty acids, HDLC high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-α, IL interleukin, Saa3 serum amyloid A3, Ip-10C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10, C–C motif chemokine, Ccl19 ligand 19, cd11c integrin αX subunit, Cidea cell death-inducing DNA fragmentation factor alpha-like effector A, cAMP cyclic adenosine monophosphate, PKA protein kinase A, ATGL adipose triglyceride lipase, PLIN perilipins, C/EBPβ CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein β, C/EBPδ CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein δ, PPARγ peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma, SREBP1C sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1C, VLDLC very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, MDA malondialdehyde, PMNL polymorphonuclear leukocyte, ICAM-1 intercellular adhesion molecule-1, p-IκB-α phosphor-nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, alpha, CAE chloroacetate esterase, TNFR1TNF-α receptor 1, p-IRS-1 phosphorylated insulin receptor substrate-1, iNOS inducible nitric oxide synthase, COX-2 cyclooxygenase-2, HMGCR 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, FAS fatty acid synthase