Comprehensive review on herbal medicine for energy intake suppression

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 499-514

  Yuliana, N D ^a,b   Jahangir, M ^a   Korthout, H ^c   Choi, Y H ^a   Kim, H K ^a   Verpoorte, R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c FYTAGORAS BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drugs; Energy intake; Obesity; Plants

Indexed keywords

3BETA [BETA DEXTRO THEVETOPYRANOSYL(1 4)BETA DEXTRO CYMAROPYRANOSYLOXY] 12BETA TIGLOYLOXY 14BETA HYDROXYPREGN 5 EN 20 ONE; AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC EXTRACT; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; BENINCASA HISPIDA EXTRACT; CAPSICUM ANNUUM EXTRACT; CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA EXTRACT; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; COROSOLIC ACID; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBUS EXTRACT; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; HOODIA CURRORII EXTRACT; HOODIA EXTRACT; HOODIA GORDONII EXTRACT; HOODIA PARVIFLORA EXTRACT; HOODIA PILIFERA EXTRACT; HOODIA RUSCHII EXTRACT; IMIPRAMINE; LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; MITRAGYNINE; NELUMBO NUCIFERA EXTRACT; P 57; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTOPANAXADIOL; PROTOPANAXATRIOL; SLIMALUMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BENINCASA HISPIDA; CALORIC INTAKE; CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA; CATHA EDULIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBUS; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPHEDRA; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FATIGUE; FLATULENCE; FOOD INTAKE; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; GINSENG; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTHERMIA; INSOMNIA; LAGERSTROEMIA; LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANCHOLIA; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA; MYDRIASIS; NAUSEA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PEPPER; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PSYCHOSIS; SATIETY; SIDE EFFECT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS ATROPHY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; APPETITE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY INTAKE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 79959189110     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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