Study: Turmeric Compound Tetrahydrocurcumin Found to Combat Obesity by Targeting Gut Microbiota and Liver Fat Metabolism

Study: Turmeric Compound Tetrahydrocurcumin Found to Combat Obesity by Targeting Gut Microbiota and Liver Fat Metabolism

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information New research published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry finds that tetrahydrocurcumin, a major metabolite of turmeric, may hold significant potential as a natural treatment for obesity by regulating gut microbiota and lipid metabolism. In a series of experiments using glucose-induced obese C. elegans, high-fat diet (HFD) mice, and Hepa1-6 liver cells, researchers from Anhui Universi…