Evaluation of anti-obesity activity
The main factor of obesity is food consumption and the larger intake of
food may influence the weight gain. The assessment of regular food and
water intake with changes in body weight, body mass index may give
preliminary date. Determination of total body fat such as total cholesterol,
HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides level, fatty-acid
synthase (FAS), weight of adipose tissue and expression of metabolic
enzyme levels can be used to determine the metabolic changes in the
body. In addition, evaluation of locomotor activity, beta-3 receptor, and
regulating peptide hormones such as leptin may give the supporting data
to the anti-obesity activity study.