CENT PERCENT SAFE CENTUM PLANTS FOR ANTIOBESITY

This paper is an over view of 100 medicinal plants commonly used as dietary supplements for obesity found in Asian countries particularly in India, China, Taiwan, Korea and Africa. Synthetic drugs are effective but have potential harmful side effects. Nutraceuticals and herbal supplements are used by people worldwide to promote health, wellness, maintain weight and fight diseases. Our project is to formulate a nutraceutical product having antiobesity prepared in the form of fancy food items like estruded products , biscuits, noodles, etc and the PolyHerbal Formulation ( PHF) product is combined with base materials such as cereals, millets, pulses, and fibre rich products. The product evaluation can be done in animal models such as mice , rat, rabbits,chicks and human volunteers.Some of the phyto constituents such as inulin , pectin , flavonoids , saponins , tannins , dietary fibres , phytosterols/stanols , dietary carotenoids , polyphenols ,plant indoles , have potential hypolipidemic properties by different mechanisms such as reducing atherosclerosis by inhibiting platelet aggregation, increasing fibrinolysis , enhancing antioxidant activity, reducing serum lipids in general to lower cholesterol levels, controlling appetite, fat metabolism, adipocyte differentiation, fat absorption, energy metabolism, etc.The present study is to find out the antiobesity effects of few herbals such as Allium sativum ,Coriandrum sativum , Mentha arvensis, Camellia sinensis ,Foeniculum vulgare, Commiphora mukul, Zingiber officinale ,Nelumbo nucifera.