Remodeling of white adipose tissue microenvironment against obesity by phytochemicals

Abstract

Obesity is a kind of chronic disease due to a long‐term imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. In recent years, the number of obese people around the world has soared, and obesity problem should not be underestimated. Obesity is characterized by changes in the adipose microenvironment, mainly manifested as hypertrophy, chronic inflammatory status, hypoxia, and fibrosis, thus contributing to the pathological changes of other tissues. A plethora of phytochemicals have been found to improve adipose microenvironment, thus prevent and resist obesity, providing a new research direction for the treatment of obesity and related diseases. This paper discusses remodeling of the adipose tissue microenvironment as a therapeutic avenue and reviews the progress of phytochemicals in fighting obesity by improving the adipose microenvironment.

Electrospun Food Polysaccharides Loaded with Bioactive Compounds: Fabrication, Release, and Applications

“…Bioactive compounds have been gaining increasing interest due to their health benefits in multiple ways such as anti-oxidation [ 1 , 2 ], cancer prevention [ 3 , 4 ], obesity control [ 5 , 6 ], etc. Nevertheless, many bioactive compounds are susceptible to environmental impacts such as temperature, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and oxidative degradation, with fairly low bioavailability [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ].…”