Plant derived or derivable material with appetite suppressing activity
AssigneeNovartis Nutrition AG
InventorsDavid Gregory Corley, James Miller
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Abstract
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.
Claims18
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.
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.
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.
A composition for suppressing appetite in a mammal comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a plant material from a plant of the genus Stapelia or Orbea.
A method of preparing an appetite suppressing fraction of a plant of a genus, said genus being Stapelia or Orbea, comprising:
- a) drying and grinding a 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) concentration or drying said fractions;
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- e) selecting from said fractions any fraction effective for suppressing appetite.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.