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ReviewNanomedicine (London, England)2025

Nanocarrier-enabled delivery of natural antiobesity agents.

Yu-Kuo Chung, Ching-Yun Hsu, Yu-Ting Wang, Thi Thu Phuong Tran, Ahmed Alalaiwe, Jia-You Fang

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Review in Nanomedicine (London, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yu-Kuo ChungGraduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Ching-Yun HsuDepartment of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Yu-Ting WangPharmaceutics Laboratory, Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Thi Thu Phuong TranDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ahmed AlalaiweDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Jia-You FangPharmaceutics Laboratory, Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity has become a global epidemic, significantly impacting public health and contributing to the rise of metabolic syndrome, which is closely linked to cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and certain cancers. Despite the availability of lifestyle interventions, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery, current treatment strategies often face limitations, including poor efficacy, adverse effects, and low patient compliance. Natural compounds such as polyphenols, alkaloids, saponins, and anthraquinones have emerged as promising alternatives because of their multitargeted actions and relatively favorable safety profiles. However, their clinical applications are often hindered by poor solubility, chemical instability, limited bioavailability, and even potential toxicity. Recent advances in nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems, including liposomes, lipid-based carriers, polymeric nanoparticles, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs), and extracellular vesicles, offer effective solutions to increase the therapeutic efficacy of these natural bioactive compounds. This review provides an overview of obesity and its associated risks, and the therapeutic potential of natural compounds for obesity-related complications, highlights how nanoformulations improve antiobesity effects, and discusses current challenges and future directions for translating these nano-enabled strategies into clinical practice. Relevant literature was collected from databases such as PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar, focusing on natural bioactives, obesity, and nanoparticle-assisted drug delivery.

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Anti-Obesity AgentsBiological ProductsDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsNanoparticle Drug Delivery SystemNanoparticlesObesityAnimalsHumansLiposomesAnti-Obesity AgentsBiological ProductsDrug CarriersLiposomesNanoparticle Drug Delivery Systemdelivery systemnanocarriernatural compoundObesitypolyphenol

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PMID40685827
PMCPMC12330266

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