A systematic review of anti-obesity medicinal plants - an update

Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hasani Ranjbar, Shirin ^a,b   Jouyandeh, Zahra ^b   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Obesity; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; BLUEBERRY EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID PHOSPHOLIPID COMPLEX; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; GREENSELECT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES EXTRACT; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS EXTRACT; ISPAGULA; LYCIUM BARBARUM EXTRACT; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; OLIVE OIL; OPUNTIA FICUSINDICA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; POMEGRANATE SEED OIL; QUERCETIN; RCM 104; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRGIN OLIVE OIL; XANTHIGEN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BLOATING; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FOOD INTAKE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICINAL PLANT; OBESITY; OPUNTIA FICUSINDICA; PISTACHIO; POMEGRANATE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLACK CUMIN; CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CROCUS SATIVUS; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS; TEA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84882693772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22516581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-6581-12-28     Document Type: Review

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