The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing hyperlipidemia in a subject in need thereof. Such method includes, specifically, administrating to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a caffeamide derivative. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing, primarily, the caffeamide derivative. The method and pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can effectively and significantly lower the high-fat diet-induced body weight gain and absolute visceral fat weight as well as the concentration of triglycerides and free fatty acids in blood, and levels of total lipid and triacylglycerol in liver tissue. In addition, the caffeamide of the present invention also reduces size of adipocyte, hepatocellular ballooning phenomenon, and liver steatosis. Through promotion of phosphorylation of 5′ adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in muscle and liver, the caffeamide derivatives of the present invention is suitable for ameliorating or remedying hyperlipidemia.
                            本发明提供了一种治疗或预防高脂血症的方法。该方法具体包括向需要治疗的主体施用治疗有效量的咖啡酰胺衍
生物。本发明还提供了一种主要含有咖啡酰胺衍
生物的制药组合物。本发明的方法和制药组合物可以有效地和显著地降低高脂饮食引起的体重增加和绝对内脏脂肪重量,以及血液中
甘油三酯和游离
脂肪酸的浓度,以及肝组织中总脂质和三酰
甘油的
水平。此外,本发明的咖啡酰胺还可以减小脂肪细胞的大小、肝细胞球形变现象和脂肪肝。通过促进肌肉和肝脏中5'
腺苷酸单
磷酸激活蛋白激酶(
AMPK)的
磷酸化,本发明的咖啡酰胺衍
生物适用于改善或治疗高脂血症。