Abstract

Role of Marine-Natural Ingredient Fucoxanthin on Body’s Immune Response of Obesity

Rosa Lelyana

Backgrounds: The high number of obesity cases was one of the causes of increased mortality and morbidity in Indonesia. Many peoples had not known about the role of marine natural resources on human health yet. Fucoxanthin was one of the marine-natural ingredients that was derived from brown seaweeds that was useful for our health. The purpose of this manuscript was to know the mechanism of fucoxanthin in improving obese body’s immune response. Methods: Systematic review. Results of studies on bibliography: Fucoxanthin inhibited accumulation of intercellular lipid during differentiation. Fucoxanthin regulated adipocytes involved in insulin resistance. Conclusion: Fucoxanthin increase obese body’s immune response through adipogenesis and NFκβ inhibitors