Obesity drug update: The lost decade?

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3494-3521

  Yao, Fayi ^a   MacKenzie, Robert George ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti obesity drug targets; Anti obesity drugs; Hypothalamus; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CETILISTAT; DEXFENFLURAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; EXENDIN 4; FENFLURAMINE; GHRELIN; INCRETIN; LEPTIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; LORCASERIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MK 0557; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; PHENTERMINE; PHENTERMINE PLUS TOPIRAMATE; PRAMLINTIDE; QNEXA; RIMONABANT; SAXAGLIPTIN; SEROTONIN; SIBUTRAMINE; SITAGLIPTIN; TESOFENSINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRODUSQUEMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUICIDE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 78651240071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph3123494     Document Type: Review

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