Pharmacological review of Caralluma R.Br. with special reference to appetite suppression and anti-obesity

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-119

  Dutt, Harish Chander ^a   Singh, Surjeet ^b   Avula, Bharathi ^c   Khan, Ikhlas A ^c   Bedi, Yashbir S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

anti obesity; appetite suppressor; Caralluma; Indian Hoodia; pregnane glycoside

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CARALLUMA ARABICA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA ATTENUATA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA DALZIELII EXTRACT; CARALLUMA EDULIS EXTRACT; CARALLUMA EUROPAEA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA PENICILLATA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA RETROSPICIENS EXTRACT; CARALLUMA RUSSELLIANA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA SINAICA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA STALAGMIFERA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA TUBERCULATA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA UMBELLATA EXTRACT; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDE; NUTRACEUTICAL; PLANT EXTRACT; PREGNANE GLYCOSIDE; SLIMALUNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; CARALLUMA; CARALLUMA ARABICA; CARALLUMA ATTENUATA; CARALLUMA DALZIELII; CARALLUMA EDULIS; CARALLUMA EUROPAEA; CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA; CARALLUMA NEGEVENSIS; CARALLUMA PENICILLATA; CARALLUMA QUADRANGULA; CARALLUMA RETROSPICIENS; CARALLUMA RUSSELLIANA; CARALLUMA STALAGMIFERA; CARALLUMA TUBERCULATA; CARALLUMA UMBELLATA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ETHNOBOTANY; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; APPETITE; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; ASCLEPIADACEAE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

APOCYNACEAE; CARALLUMA; HOODIA;

EID: 84863053982     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.1555     Document Type: Article

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