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Scientists of South Africa based Council for Scientific & Industrial Research successfully isolated the main ingredient from hoodia - P57 and also patented it as P57 is the mainly responsible for appetite suppressant effect and the license for which was sold to pharmaceutical company, Phytopharm, who gives the further development and marketing rights to the renowned company, Pfizer. Phytopharm scientist explains how P57 works that there is a part of your brain.
Also they had organized animal trials for Hoodia on rats, which is a kind of species that can eat anything, has stopped eating completely after the trials. A synthetic Hoodia drug from Phytopharm will not be available for several more years due to clinical trials. Many consumers feel the appetite suppressant started resulting within 20 minutes of ingestion; it is felt that the general population responds to hoodia within one or two weeks of starting the program. Some very obese people say that although they felt the appetite suppressant kicking in after 2 – 3 weeks, it took a few weeks before they realized their interest in food was significantly decreasing, thereby helping to change life long eating habits.
Hoodia gordonii products from Phytopharm has had extensive safety studies performed and
been clinically proven to reduce appetite and body fat.
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