Anti-obesity potential of selected tropical plants via pancreatic lipase inhibition

• Main Authors: Alias, Norsyuhada, Thean, Chor Leow, Mohamad Ali, Mohd Shukuri, Ahmad Tajudin, Asilah, Salleh, Abu Bakar, Raja Abdul Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MedCrave Group 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60892/1/Anti-obesity%20potential%20of%20selected%20tropical%20plants%20via%20pancreatic%20lipase%20inhibition.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60892/; https://medcraveonline.com/AOWMC/AOWMC-06-00163.pdf

Natural products are a vast source of potential compounds that can be developed as anti-obesity agent. One of the mechanisms of anti-obesity agents is inhibition of pancreatic lipase. Assay of 24 crude extracts for their in vitro activity against porcine pancreatic lipase (PPL) detected four extract...