Triterpenoids Isolated from Ziziphus jujuba Enhance Glucose Uptake Activity in Skeletal Muscle Cells

  • KAWABATA Kyuichi
    Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
  • KITAMURA Kenji
    Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
  • IRIE Kazuhiro
    Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
  • NARUSE Shoma
    Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
  • MATSUURA Tomohiro
    Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
  • UEMAE Tomoyuki
    Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
  • TAIRA Shu
    Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
  • OHIGASHI Hajime
    Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
  • MURAKAMI Shigeru
    Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
  • TAKAHASHI Masakazu
    Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
  • KAIDO Yoko
    Searoad Co., Ltd.
  • KAWAKAMI Bunsei
    The Hokuriku Industrial Advanced Center

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  • Triterpenoids Isolated from <i>Ziziphus jujuba</i> Enhance Glucose Uptake Activity in Skeletal Muscle Cells

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Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), a traditional folk medicine and functional food in China and South Korea, is known for its beneficial properties, which include anti-cancer, anti-oxidative, and anti-obesity effects. To assess the anti-hyperglycemic effect of jujube in this study, we investigated the glucose uptake-promoting activity of jujube in rat L6 myotubes. After determining that the jujube extract induces muscle glucose uptake, we identified the following active compounds by bioassay-guided fractionation: betulonic acid, betulinic acid, and oleanonic acid. Ursonic acid, known to be present in jujube, was semi-synthesized from ursolic acid and also observed to enhance glucose uptake. These four triterpenic acids induced glucose uptake in a glucose transporter 4-dependent manner. Comparison experiments of jujube fruits from three countries, namely, China, South Korea, and Japan, revealed that Japanese jujube has a higher content of active triterpenoids and is the most potent enhancer of glucose uptake.

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