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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021

Efficacy of a Novel Herbal Formulation (F2) on the Management of Obesity:

Prakash Raj Pandeya, Ramakanta Lamichhane, Kyung-Hee Lee, Gopal Lamichhane, Se-Gun Kim, Hyun-Ju Jung

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Prakash Raj PandeyaDepartment of Oriental Pharmacy and Wonkwang-Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University, Sinyong-Dong, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0702-1926
Ramakanta LamichhaneDepartment of Oriental Pharmacy and Wonkwang-Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University, Sinyong-Dong, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7975-542X
Kyung-Hee LeeDepartment of Oriental Pharmacy and Wonkwang-Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University, Sinyong-Dong, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-7989
Gopal LamichhaneDepartment of Oriental Pharmacy and Wonkwang-Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University, Sinyong-Dong, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-7578
Se-Gun KimDepartment of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju 566-851, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0545-8534
Hyun-Ju JungDepartment of Oriental Pharmacy and Wonkwang-Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University, Sinyong-Dong, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2756-0644
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCurrently, obesity and its comorbidities have become a serious threat to human health necessitating urgent development of safe and effective therapy for their management. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this research, a novel polyherbal formulation (F2) was prepared by mixing specific proportions of royal jelly and lemon juice with ethanol extracts of

resultsF2 was observed to exhibit synergistic antiadipogenic activity in 3T3-L1 cells. This inhibition was reinforced by the downregulation of specific adipogenic transcription factors. Furthermore, F2 was also found to reduce mice body weight gain, food efficiency ratio, fasting blood glucose level, fat deposition into the liver, and mass of white adipose tissue. F2 also played a role in the excretion of fat consumed by the mice. For most of the assays performed, the F2 (46 mg/kg) was comparable to the positive control GC (200 mg/kg). In addition, potential and synergistic antioxidant activity was observed on F2.

conclusionThe results revealed that the formulation F2 exhibited potential antiobesity activity through the inhibition of adipocyte differentiation, dietary fat absorption, and reduction of free fatty acids deposition in tissues.

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