Plant derived or derivable material with appetite suppressing activity
View Patent ↗A method of suppressing or curbing appetite and treating or preventing obesity comprising administering to a human or other mammal in need of such treatment an effective amount of plant material derived or derivable from plants of the genera Stapelia and Orbea.
1. A method of suppressing appetite in a mammal in need thereof which comprises administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a plant material from a plant of the genus Stapelia or Orbea.
2. A method of controlling obesity in a mammal in need thereof which comprises administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a plant material from a plant of the genus Stapelia or Orbea.
3. A method of promoting weight loss or maintenance of a desired body weight in a mammal in need thereof which comprises comprises administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a plant material from a plant of the genus Stapelia or Orbea.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plant is Stapelia gigantea or Orbea variegata.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plant material is sap, a concentrate, an extract, a fraction or an active compound from said plant.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plant material comprises a therapeutically effective amount of at least one saponin.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plant material comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a stavaroside, wherein said stavaroside is stavaroside A, stavaroside B or stavaroside C.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein stavaroside is stavaroside C.
9. The method of claim 5 , wherein said plant material is derived from a process comprising treating said plant material with an alcohol-based solvent.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said alcohol based solvent is ethanol.