FOOD COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OBESITY, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OBESITY, AND ANIMAL MEDICINE FOR TREATING OBESITY, CONTAINING GINGERNONE A
Disclosed is a composition comprising gingerenone A as an active ingredient. The composition includes a food composition for preventing obesity, a pharmaceutical composition for treating obesity and a medicine for treating animal obesity. Since the composition includes gingerenone A, which inhibits expression of the important transcriptional factors C/EBPα and PPARγ, expressed upon adipocyte differentiation, as well as FAS protein expression, the composition has superior potential for obesity prevention or treatment.