Research Article

A Drosophila Model for Screening Antiobesity Agents

Table 1

Effects of oral administration of vegetables on bmm expression in Drosophila.

VegetableRelative GFP intensity

NabanaBrassica napus L.
SpinachSpinacia oleracea L.
LettuceLactuca sativa
Red paprikaCapsicum annuum L.
CabbageBrassica oleracea L. var. capitata
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum L.
Komatsuna Brassica rapa L. var. perviridis cv. Komatsuna
OnionAllium cepa L.
BroccoliBrassica oleracea L.
Japanese radishRaphanus sativus L.
Edible flower Brassica rapa L. var. nippo-oleifera
MulberryMorus alba L.

The transgenic flies were fed with a vegetable diet, and green fluorescent protein (GFP) signals in the salivary gland nuclei of the third-instar larvae were detected. The GFP intensity was analyzed using the MetaMorph software and was subtracted by that of the background signal; then the GFP intensity of the vegetable group relative to that of the control group was calculated. for each sample. . . Not significant.