Rice koji reduced body weight gain, fat accumulation, and blood glucose level in high-fat diet-induced obese mice

Rice koji is considered a readily accessible functional food that may have health-promoting effects. We investigated whether white, yellow, and red koji have the anti-obesity effect in C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD), which is a model for obesity. Mice were fed HFD containing 10% (w/w) of ri...

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Main Authors: Yumiko Yoshizaki, Chihiro Kawasaki, Kai-Chun Cheng, Miharu Ushikai, Haruka Amitani, Akihiro Asakawa, Kayu Okutsu, Yoshihiro Sameshima, Kazunori Takamine, Akio Inui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/540.pdf

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