(-)-Hydroxycitric acid (HCA) can inhibit fat synthesis and reduces food intake, the primary mechanism of action of HCA appears to be related to its ability to act as a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme ATP-citrate lyase, which catalyzes the conversion of citrate and coenzyme A to oxaloacetate and acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA), primary building blocks of fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis.
Albaspidin-AP, -PP, -PB inhibit Fatty acid synthase (FAS) with IC50 values ranging from 23.1+ -1.4 to 71.7+ -3.9 microM, they could be considered to be a promising class of FAS inhibitors, and FAS is emerging as a potential therapeutic target to treat can
1β-Hydroxy-2-oxopomolic acid inhibits adipocyte differentiation through downregulation of various adipocytokines by blocking PPARγ and C EBPα expression.