Kyungpook National University
The DOM research points to it having a possible, positive impact on cardiovascular health. However research findings from the Biomedical Research Institute, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea also extend the possible dietary use of DOM as a treatment for metabolic syndrome. In 2008 the Korean researchers reported DOM could potentially be used as an anti-obesity agent by inhibiting adipocyte differentiation, mediated through the down-regulated expression of adipogenic transcription factors and adipocyte specific proteins.