Boya Zhang, Ziteng Yu, Xinyi Zhao, Tianyue He, Xingpei Fan, Ruijiao Zhu, Yujie Feng, Weihong Lu, Dianpeng Qi, Xiao Ma, Ning Gu
Foodborne carbon dots (CDs) are generally produced during cooking and exist in food items. Generally, CDs are regarded as nontoxic materials, but several studies have gradually confirmed the cytotoxicity of CDs, such as oxidative stress, reduced cellular activity, apoptosis, etc. However, studies focusing on the health effects of long-term intake of food-borne CDs are scarce, especially in populations susceptible to metabolic disease. In this study, we reported that CDs in self-brewing beer had no effect on glucose metabolism in CHOW-fed mice but exacerbated high-fat-diet (HFD)-induced glucose metabolism disorders via the gut-liver axis...
February 29, 2024: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces