Hoodia: A herb used in South African traditional medicine - A potential cure for overweight? Pharmacognostic review of history, composition, health-related claims, scientific evidence and intellectual property rights

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur GanzheitsMedizin

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 300-306

  Glasl, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Appetite suppression; Hoodia; Pharmacognosy; Quality control; Safety; San

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; P57AS3 GLYCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DATA BASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FOOD; HEALTH; HERB; HISTORY; HOODIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCREENING; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 71049144961     PISSN: 10150684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291013     Document Type: Review

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