TO FORMULATE AND EVALUATE PREPARED "ANTI-OBESITY HERBAL POWDER" CONTAINING MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAVES AND TRIGONELLA FOENUM SEED

Maya Y. Gaikwad* and Archana B. Thakare

ABSTRACT

Obesity is condition in which amount of body fat is increased rapidly. Obesity measured and reported in terms of body mass index (BMI). The main cause of obesity is a disproportion between intake and outflow of fat. WHO estimates traditional medicine mostly plant drugs provide the health needs of nearly 80 % of world population. A imperative pharmacological activity of moringa is its anti-obesity potential. The anti-obesity potential of moringa or specific components isolated from moringa such as quercetin, iso-quercetin, quercetin 3-o-molonyglucoside, astragalin have been identified in moringa that show anti-obesity activity. Another herbal drug used in formulation is Fenugreek seed which having free radical scavenging activity. Both the herbs having potential anti-obesity activity so we formulate powder containing Moringa oleifera leaves and Trigonella foenum seed to get synergistic effect.

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