Edible plants, their secondary metabolites and antiobesogenic potential

Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition and Agriculture

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-212

  Santos, Ana Paula ^a   Rogero, Marcelo M ^a   Bastos, Deborah H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Edible plants; Lipid metabolism; Obesity; Patent; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OBESITY; PATENT; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 84870681544     PISSN: 22127984     EISSN: 18761429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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