Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Obesity: An Overview of Scientific Evidence from 2007 to 2017

Obesity is a very common global health problem, and it is known to be linked to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Western medical treatments for obesity have many drawbacks, including effects on monoamine neurotransmitters and the potential for drug abuse and dependency. The safety of the...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yanfei, Sun, Mingyue, Yao, Hezhi, Liu, Yue, Gao, Rui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29234439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8943059
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author Liu, Yanfei
Sun, Mingyue
Yao, Hezhi
Liu, Yue
Gao, Rui
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description Obesity is a very common global health problem, and it is known to be linked to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Western medical treatments for obesity have many drawbacks, including effects on monoamine neurotransmitters and the potential for drug abuse and dependency. The safety of these medications requires improvement. Herbal medicine has been used for treatment of disease for more than 2000 years, and it has proven efficacy. Many studies have confirmed that herbal medicine is effective in the treatment of obesity, but the mechanisms are not clear. This article will discuss the possible effects and mechanisms of herbal medicine treatments for obesity that have been reported in the past decade.
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spelling pubmed-56328732017-12-11 Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Obesity: An Overview of Scientific Evidence from 2007 to 2017 Liu, Yanfei Sun, Mingyue Yao, Hezhi Liu, Yue Gao, Rui Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article Obesity is a very common global health problem, and it is known to be linked to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Western medical treatments for obesity have many drawbacks, including effects on monoamine neurotransmitters and the potential for drug abuse and dependency. The safety of these medications requires improvement. Herbal medicine has been used for treatment of disease for more than 2000 years, and it has proven efficacy. Many studies have confirmed that herbal medicine is effective in the treatment of obesity, but the mechanisms are not clear. This article will discuss the possible effects and mechanisms of herbal medicine treatments for obesity that have been reported in the past decade. Hindawi 2017 2017-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5632873/ /pubmed/29234439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8943059 Text en Copyright © 2017 Yanfei Liu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Obesity: An Overview of Scientific Evidence from 2007 to 2017
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632873/
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