Valentina Pavlova
St “Kliment Ohridski†University of Bitola, Macedonia
Title: Efficacy and safety of herbal medicines in obesity management.
Biography
Biography: Valentina Pavlova
Abstract
Obesity is becoming one of the most prevalent health concerns among all populations and age groups worldwide, resulting into a significant increase in mortality and morbidity related to coronary heart diseases, diabetes type 2, metabolic syndrome, stroke and cancers. Prevention and treatment of this problem are an important deal for health systems, whose aim is to reduce the obesity and overweight prevalence, and related complications over the world. Nigella Sativa, Camellia Synensis, Green Tea, and Black Chinese Tea seem to have satisfactory anti-obesity effects and shown significant decrease in body weight. Nigella sativa and green tea decrease lipid peroxidation in plasma or liver, which seem a mechanism of anti-obesity effect. Higher anti-oxidant and anti-obesity activity showed green tea due to its high concentration of catechins, including epicatechin (EC), epicatechin-3-gallate (ECG) and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). Significant decrease in body fat was seen by Catechin-enriched green tea and black Chinese tea. Safety of these plants still remains to be elucidated by further long-term studies.