World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A REVIEW: NATURAL ANTI-OBESITY DRUGS

Poonam Arora, Rajanpreet Kaur and Neelima Dhingra*

ABSTRACT

Obesity is a global health concern associated with high morbidity and mortality. Obesity is resulting from an energy imbalance caused by an increased ratio of caloric intake to energy expenditure. Therapeutic strategies include synthetic drugs and surgery, which may entail high costs and serious complications. The pancreatic lipase (PL) is the most important enzyme in digestion of triglycerides. Thus altering metabolism of lipids by inhibiting dietary fat absorption, represents a good strategy in the prevention and treatment of obesity. Since the time immemorial, plants have been in use as sources of medicine throughout the world. The demand for plant based medicines is ever growing, as natural derived crude or processed products have been found to be associated with less or no adverse effects. Present study presents brief overview of the natural products and bioactive compounds that have been investigated for their anti-obesity effects.

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