The invention belongs to the field of medicines, and particularly discloses application of ImP (
Imidazole Propionic Acid) in preparation of medicines for preventing or treating
metabolic syndrome related diseases, aiming at the problems that the existing anti-
obesity medicines are large in
side effect, limited in
curative effect and the like, and metabonomics research finds that the
peripheral blood ImP level in a high-
fat diet induced
obesity model is remarkably reduced. A zebra fish model (250 [mu] M) and a human fat
cell experiment (10-1000 [mu] M) prove that ImP significantly reduces the
lipid accumulation rate by more than 40% (Plt; 0.01) of the substrate. The pharmaceutical composition can be prepared into dosage forms such as
oral tablets (for example, each tablet containing 50 mg of ImP), sustained-release injections and the like, and can be theoretically combined with
orlistat and other medicines for use. Compared with the
traditional therapy, the invention reveals the
lipid metabolism regulation function of ImP for the first time, and the ImP has the advantages of strong targeting property (IC50 = 120 mu M), high safety (LD50gt; 2000mg / kg) and the like, and a brand new
microbial metabolite intervention strategy is provided for
obesity and related metabolic diseases.