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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2013 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 19 | Page No.: 1028-1033
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.1028.1033

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I. Batubara

Country: Indonesia

I.H. Suparto

Country: Indonesia

S. Sadiah

Country: Indonesia

R. Matsuoka

Country: Japan

T. Mitsunaga

Country: Japan

Keywords


  • inhalation
  • Zingiber zerumbet
  • zerumbone
Research Article

Effect of Zingiber zerumbet Essential Oils and Zerumbone Inhalation on Body Weight of Sprague Dawley Rat

I. Batubara, I.H. Suparto, S. Sadiah, R. Matsuoka and T. Mitsunaga
Zingiber zerumbet contained the typically essential oils. The research aims to evaluate the effect Z. zerumbet essential oil and zerumbone inhlation on rats body weight, food consumption, parasympathetic nerve activity and brown adipose tissue temperature. The essential oils of Z. zerumbet was isolated from the rhizome of Z. zerumbet. The component in the oil and zerumbone structure was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy. The structure of zerumbone crystal was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The Sprague dawley male adult rats were divided into 4 groups namely Normal Diet (ND) group, High Fat Diet (HFD) group, HFD inhaled Z. zerumbet essential oils group and HFD inhaled zerumbone group. The results showed that inhalation of Z. zerumbet essential oils and zerumbone increased the food consumption as well as increased the body weight. The increasing body weight of rats which inhaled Z. zerumbet essential oils and zerumbone is by decreasing the sympathetic nerve activity. In conclusion, inhaling Z. zerumbet essential oils and zerumbone as the major component of the oils increased the weight gain.
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I. Batubara, I.H. Suparto, S. Sadiah, R. Matsuoka and T. Mitsunaga, 2013. Effect of Zingiber zerumbet Essential Oils and Zerumbone Inhalation on Body Weight of Sprague Dawley Rat. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 16: 1028-1033.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.1028.1033

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2013.1028.1033

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