A comprehensive scientific overview of Garcinia cambogia

Fitoterapia

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-148

  Semwal, Ruchi Badoni ^a   Semwal, Deepak Kumar ^a   Vermaak, Ilze ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Garcinia cambogia; Garcinia gummi gutta; Hydroxycitric acid; Malabar tamarind; Obesity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ARGININE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CAMBOGIN; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; FLAVANOID; GARBOGIOL; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA EXTRACT; GARCINOL; GUTTIFERONE I; GUTTIFERONE J; GUTTIFERONE K; GUTTIFERONE N; MALIC ACID; OXYGUTTIFERONE; OXYGUTTIFERONE K; OXYGUTTIFERONE K2; OXYGUTTIFERONE M; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN; RHEEDIAXANTHONE A; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TARTARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; HYDROXYCITRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADIPOCYTE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; APPETITE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNOBOTANY; FERTILITY; FRUIT; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HABITAT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; LAGERSTROEMIA; LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SRI LANKA; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE;

GARCINIA CAMBOGIA; GARCINIA GUMMI-GUTTA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CITRATES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FRUIT; GARCINIA CAMBOGIA; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84924757408     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: 18736971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2015.02.012     Document Type: Review

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