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ReviewCurrent medicinal chemistry2025

Herbal Treatments for Obesity: A Review.

Amin Gasmi, Sadaf Noor, Pavan Kumar Mujawdiya, Muhammad Akram, Aisha Manzoor, Geir Bjorklund

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Review in Current medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Amin GasmiDepartment of Research, Société Francophone de Nutrithérapie et de Nutrigénétique Appliquée, Villeurbanne, France.
Sadaf NoorInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
Pavan Kumar MujawdiyaDepartment of Research, Inochi Care Private Limited, New Delhi, India.
Muhammad AkramDepartment of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Aisha ManzoorDepartment of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Geir BjorklundDepartment of Research, Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM), Mo i Rana, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is the most pervasive metabolic disorder, further linked with many other diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disorders, and sleep apnea. To control the increasing weight of obese individuals, experts usually recommend exercise and lifestyle alterations, but medication and surgeries are also advised in severe cases. FDA-approved obesity-controlling drugs are effective but possess certain adverse effects, including dry mouth, drug abuse, dysregulation in monoamine neurotransmitters, insomnia, and many more. Medication processes are expensive; researchers have focused on safer and more effective alternative approaches than pharmaceutical drugs. Historically, a diverse array of herbal plants has been used due to their therapeutic effect, as invitro and in vivo experimentations have proved the effectiveness of herbal plants without associated mortality. In this review, we present various herbs with their metabolically active secondary metabolites, including

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Anti-Obesity AgentsObesityPlants, MedicinalAnimalsHumansAnti-Obesity Agentsanti-obesity agentsherbal treatmentsmetabolic disorders.Obesityphytotherapyweight loss

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PMID38509683

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