Disclosed is a composition including camphene as an active ingredient for preventing or treating obesity, dyslipidemia, fatty liver or insulin resistance syndrome. The composition of the present disclosure including camphene as an active ingredient suppresses differentiation of adipocytes, reduces body fat, reduces visceral fat, reduces total cholesterol level, reduces serum triglyceride level and reduces liver tissue triglyceride level, and thus exhibits preventive or therapeutic activity for obesity, hyperlipidemia or fatty liver. Furthermore, the composition of the present disclosure exhibits the effect of improving type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance and related metabolic disease by significantly reducing fasting blood sugar level and blood insulin level. Also, the composition of the present disclosure exhibits the effect of reducing visceral fat by significantly reducing the expression of nuclear transcription factors (C/EBPα and PPARγ2) playing key roles in adipogenesis or their target gene (aP2), the effect of improving chronically activated inflammation in the visceral fat tissue induced by obesity by significantly reducing the expression of cytokines (TNF-α or IL-6) activating inflammation, and the effect of improving suppressed heat generation in the visceral fat tissue induced by obesity by significantly increasing the expression of UCP (UCP1 or UCP3) genes regulating body heat production.
本公开涉及一种包括
蒎烯作为活性成分的组合物,用于预防或治疗肥胖症、血脂异常、脂肪肝或
胰岛素抵抗综合征。本公开的组合物包括
蒎烯作为活性成分,可以抑制脂肪细胞的分化,降低体脂肪、内脏脂肪、总
胆固醇水平、血清
甘油三酯水平和肝脏组织
甘油三酯水平,因此具有预防或治疗肥胖症、高脂血症或脂肪肝的活性。此外,本公开的组合物通过显著降低空腹血糖
水平和血中
胰岛素水平,展现了改善2型糖尿病或
胰岛素抵抗及相关代谢性疾病的效果。同时,本公开的组合物通过显著降低核转录因子(C/EBPα和
PPARγ2)及其靶
基因(aP2)的表达,展现了减少内脏脂肪的效果;通过显著降低激活炎症的细胞因子(TNF-α或IL-6)的表达,展现了改善肥胖引起的内脏脂肪组织中慢性活化炎症的效果;通过显著增加调节体热产生的UCP(UCP1或UCP3)
基因的表达,展现了改善肥胖引起的内脏脂肪组织中抑制性热产生的效果。