State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, School of Tea and Food Sciences and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.
Nutrients. 2018 Sep 10;10(9):1276. doi: 10.3390/nu10091276.
Sanglan Tea (SLT) is a Chinese medicine-based formulation that is consumed as a health drink for the effective management of obesity-associated complications. However, its chemical components and mechanism of action in the prevention of hepatic steatosis and obesity-related impairments have been uncertain. In this study, we aimed to unveil the chemical profile of SLT and to explore its preventive mechanism in high-fat-diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and obesity-related consequences in C57BL/6 mice. Ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled to a quadrupole-orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (MS) analysis of SLT indicated that analogs of quercetin and kaempferol are major compounds of flavonoids in SLT. A dietary supplement of SLT efficiently managed the blood glucose elevation, retained the serum total cholesterol (TC), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglyceride (TG) levels, as well as aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity, and reduced the fat storage in the liver induced by a high-fat diet. The underlying mechanism of this preventive effect is hypothesized to be related to the inhibition of over-expression of lipogenesis and adipogenesis-related genes. Overall, this study suggests that SLT, being rich in quercetin and kaempferol analogs, could be a potential food supplement for the prevention of high-fat-diet-induced NAFLD and obesity-related complications.
桑兰茶(SLT)是一种中药配方,被用作健康饮品,有效管理肥胖相关并发症。然而,其在预防脂肪肝和肥胖相关损伤中的化学成分和作用机制尚不清楚。在这项研究中,我们旨在揭示 SLT 的化学成分,并探讨其在高脂饮食诱导的非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)和肥胖相关后果中的预防机制在 C57BL/6 小鼠中。SLT 的超高效液相色谱(UHPLC)与四极杆轨道高分辨质谱(MS)联用分析表明,槲皮素和山奈酚的类似物是 SLT 中黄酮类化合物的主要成分。SLT 的膳食补充剂有效地控制了血糖升高,维持了血清总胆固醇(TC)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)和甘油三酯(TG)水平以及天冬氨酸转氨酶(AST)和丙氨酸转氨酶(ALT)的活性,并减少了高脂肪饮食引起的肝脏脂肪堆积。这种预防作用的潜在机制与抑制脂肪生成和脂肪生成相关基因的过度表达有关。总的来说,这项研究表明,富含槲皮素和山奈酚类似物的 SLT 可能是预防高脂饮食诱导的 NAFLD 和肥胖相关并发症的潜在食品补充剂。