Plants with potential use on obesity and its complications

EXCLI Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 809-831

  Gamboa Gómez, Claudia I ^a   Rocha Guzmán, Nuria E ^a   Moreno Jiménez, Martha R ^a   Vázquez Cabral, Blanca D ^a   González Laredo, Rubén F ^a  

^a Instituto Tecnologico de   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alternative treatments; Anti obesity plants; Obesity; Obesity complications; Phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CAPSICUM ANNUUM EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE; CITRUS LIMON EXTRACT; CITRUS PARADISI EXTRACT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS EXTRACT; LIPID; PEANUT EXTRACT; PERSEA AMERICANA EXTRACT; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALOE VERA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FLUID INTAKE; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERTENSION; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEMON; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PEANUT; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; POMEGRANATE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROSEMARY; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TEA; TEA CONSUMPTION;

ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS X PARADISI; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; PERSEA AMERICANA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PUNICA GRANATUM; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 84938890702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16112156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17179/excli2015-186     Document Type: Article

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