A review on the various herbal plants used for the treatment of obesity

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Padmavathi Sakinala., Vani Thammireddy., Sai Sreelakshmi Gasi., Vara Lakhshmi.Tanga., Aishwarya Annapureddy., Asha Gummadi and Sravani Gotteparthi

Obesity is the most commonly caused by combination of excessive food intake, lake of physical exercise and genetic susceptibility. There are various synthetic drugs are available for the treatment of obesity but they are having the side effects. There is search for the herbal medicines for the treatment obesity. In the listed plants most of the plants, the underground parts having active phytochemical constituents which are having antiobesity activity by inhibiting the enzymes alpha- glucosidase and human pancreatic lipase. In some plants aerial parts such as leaves, fruits, stems, flowers, seeds are having active phytochemical agents which inhibits serum triglycerides, LDL, Cholesterol levels. Near about seventy plants are listed which are having antiobesity activity they can be used for further research by isolating screening of phytopharmaceuticals.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2018.15722.2879
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