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BACKGROUND
Obesity is a pandemic disease and its prevalence is still increasing. Moreover, it has important costs to public health. In Brazil, many plants are used for weight loss by overweight or obese people, but there is a lack of scientific basis for this practice. Many ethnobotanical studies
Background: Annona muricata (Annonaceae) known as soursop is a common tropical plant species known for its numerous medicinal properties including obesity. The underlying mechanism of anti-obesity effect of A. muricata was investigated. The fat mass
Annona muricata Linn, commonly known as graviola, is one of the most popular plants used in Brazil for weight loss. The aim of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic effects of three different doses (50 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg, and 150 mg/kg) of aqueous graviola leaf extract (AGE) supplemented by