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KMID : 1234920130130020051
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Journal of Korean Oriental Association for Study of Obesity
2013 Volume.13 No. 2 p.51 ~ p.57
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Analysis of Main Single Medicinal Herbs for Anti-Obesity
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Song Mi-Young
Kim Ho-Jun
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to analyze anti-obesity effects of the main single medicinal herbs which have effects on obesity or metabolic syndrome.
Methods: We selected the 8 main single medicinal herbs, and then 3 databases were searched using search words “obesity”, and “each scientific name of selected 8 main herbs”.
Results and Conclusions: Only Ephedra sinica and Panax ginseng were analyzed through 3 methods, in vitro, animal studies and randomized controlled trial (RCT)s, Ephedra sinica was shown weight loss effects in RCTs, but Panax ginseng couldn’t. Other 6 selected medicinal herbs were not verified in RCTs, all had anti-obesity effects in high fat fed mice (or rats) and the others except for Radix notoginseng and Radix puerariae had inhibitory effects on lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 cells.
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KEYWORD
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Single medicinal herb, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome X
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