Geraniin alleviates pathological visceral adipose tissue expansion through modulation of β-adrenergic receptor-associated cAMP-LKB1-AMPK signaling in high-fat diet-fed mice.
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Geranium (Geranium wilfordii Maxim.) has traditionally been used as a folk medicine in East Asia and Europe. Geraniin, the major bioactive constituent of geranium, has been reported to ameliorate dyslipidemia and insulin resistance, but its effects against adipose metabolic dysfunction re...