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 composition for suppressing appetite in a mammal comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a processed plant material from Stapelia gigantea plant and a pharmaceutically or nutritionally acceptable carrier, wherein the processed plant material is capable of suppressing the appetite in said mammal; whereby the processed plant material is prepared by: a) drying and grinding plant material from said plant to a coarse powder; b) extracting said powder with a solvent to form an extract; c) fractionating said extract into a plurality of fractions; d) concentrating or drying said fractions; and e) selecting from said fractions any fraction effective for suppressing appetite to form said processed plant material.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said solvent is ethanol.
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said processed plant material comprises a therapeutically effective amount of at least one stavaroside, wherein said stavaroside is selected from the group consisting of stavaroside A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K.
4. A method of preparing an appetite suppressing fraction of a Stapelia gigantea plant comprising: a) drying and grinding plant material from said plant to a coarse powder; b) extracting said powder with a solvent to form an extract; c) fractionating said extract into a plurality of fractions; d) concentrating or drying said fractions; and e) selecting from said fractions any fraction effective for suppressing appetite.