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Volume 3, Issue 3 (Suppl)
J Obes Eat Disord
ISSN: 2471-8203
Obesity Medicine 2017
October 30-31, 2017
October 30-31, 2017 Bangkok, Thailand
15
th
International Conference on
Obesity Medicine
Anti-obesity activity of medicinal plants: A Review
Muhammad Akram and Syed Muhammad Ali Shah
University of Poonch, Pakistan
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n traditional medicine, medicinal plants are used to treat obesity. The aim of the present study is to document medicinal
plants that have been proved for their anti-obesity activity. Bibliographic investigation was carried out by analyzing
classical text books and peer reviewed papers, consulting worldwide accepted scientific databases. Plants/their parts/extracts
are traditionally used for obesity have been considered as anti-obesity agents. The different systems of medicines have their
different ways for the assessment of obesity as well as its treatment. In this article, we have listed medicinal plants in the
table no. (1)which have proven anti-obesity and related beneficial effects and of herbal drugs used in treatment of obesity is
compiled. This review suggests that medicinal plants regulate the lipid metabolism and can be prescribed to treat obesity. Their
results are magnificent and considerable. However, their mechanisms of actions are still on the way.
makram_0451@hotmail.comJ Obes Eat Disord 2017, 3:3
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-006