SynthesisWorld journal of gastroenterology2009
A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of herbal medicines used in the treatment of obesity.
Synthesis in World journal of gastroenterology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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102 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 360 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and safety of ephedra-containing oral medications: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and exploratory dose-response analysis for weight reduction.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Pooled it
- Chlorogenic acid in green bean coffee on body weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- Euiiyin-tang in the treatment of obesity: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.Trials · 2017Trial
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- Elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.): an ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and biological review for a prospective nutraceutical plant.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- Advances in the management of obesity: non-pharmacological strategies, herbal formulations, current pharmacotherapy, emerging drugs, and future perspectives.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
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- Herbal Medicines for Weight Loss and Lipid Profile Improvement: A Scoping Review of Therapeutic Effects and Safety.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2025Article
- Research progress of dissolving microneedles in the field of component administration of traditional Chinese medicine.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Herbal Treatments for Obesity: A Review.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Scientometric study of academic publications on herbal medicines in Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI) of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Article
- Increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in young and middle-aged adults with obesity receiving Chinese herbal medicine: A nationwide cohort study.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2024Article
- Multidimensional perspective of obesity; prevention to treatment.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Review
- Potential Pharmacological Applications ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Obesity from a sign of being rich to a disease of the new age: A historical review.Health science reports · 2023Article
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- Development of Oral In Situ Gelling Liquid Formulations of Garcinia Extract for Treating Obesity.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Role of purinergic signalling in obesity-associated end-organ damage: focus on the effects of natural plant extracts.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Seabuckthorn Reverses High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obesity and Enhances Fat Browning via Activation of AMPK/SIRT1 Pathway.Nutrients · 2022Article
42 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
This review focuses on the efficacy and safety of effective herbal medicines in the management of obesity in humans and animals. PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and IranMedex databases were searched up to December 30, 2008. The search terms were "obesity" and ("herbal medicine" or "plant", "plant medicinal" or "medicine traditional") without narrowing or limiting search elements. All of the human and animal studies on the effects of herbs with the key outcome of change in anthropometric measures such as body weight and waist-hip circumference, body fat, amount of food intake, and appetite were included. In vitro studies, reviews, and letters to editors were excluded. Of the publications identified in the initial database, 915 results were identified and reviewed, and a total of 77 studies were included (19 human and 58 animal studies). Studies with Cissus quadrangularis (CQ), Sambucus nigra, Asparagus officinalis, Garcinia atroviridis, ephedra and caffeine, Slimax (extract of several plants including Zingiber officinale and Bofutsushosan) showed a significant decrease in body weight. In 41 animal studies, significant weight loss or inhibition of weight gain was found. No significant adverse effects or mortality were observed except in studies with supplements containing ephedra, caffeine and Bofutsushosan. In conclusion, compounds containing ephedra, CQ, ginseng, bitter melon, and zingiber were found to be effective in the management of obesity. Attention to these natural compounds would open a new approach for novel therapeutic and more effective agents.
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