10/29/2018 / By RJ Jhonson
Glasswort (Salicornia europaea), also known as common or jointed glasswort, has been identified as a functional food against obesity in a study published in Pharmaceutical Biology. The authors of the study discovered that the plant’s desalted powder has antiobesity and antiadipogenic properties.
The researchers concluded that glasswort had antiobesity and antiadipogenic properties that make it a potentially effective functional food against obesity.
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Journal Reference:
Rahman MM, Kim M-J, Kim J-H, Kim S-H, Go H-K, Kweon M-H, Kim D-H. DESALTED SALICORNIA EUROPAEA POWDER AND ITS ACTIVE CONSTITUENT, TRANS-FERULIC ACID, EXERT ANTI-OBESITY EFFECTS BY SUPPRESSING ADIPOGENIC-RELATED FACTORS. Pharmaceutical Biology. 09 March 2018;56(1):183–191. DOI: 10.1080/13880209.2018.1436073
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