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Hoodia is a cactus that grows in the Kalahari desert in Africa, mostly in the arid areas of South Africa and Namibia. San Bushmen (who are one of the world's oldest and most primitive tribes, have known about the appetite suppressing abilities of this plant for countless generations. They used the cactus as an appetite suppressant during their long marches and hunting trips. The cactus is difficult to grow and requires just the right amount of water, sunlight and temperature.
According to news reports, scientists in South Africa were discovered the plant contained a previously unknown compound, which has since been named P 57. Apparently the license was sold to a British pharmaceutical company, Phytopharm, who in turn sold the development and marketing rights to Pfizer Corporation. Studies are being conducted at this time. A preliminary study reported in the news media which I can't find in medical journals indicates that hoodia is able to suppress appetite in rodents and humans.
I'm not aware of any published studies on Medline. Long term positive and negative side effects are currently not clear understood.
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Magic molecule ... and the millionaire bushmen
June 23 2003
A cactus in the Kalahari desert may save the West from obesity and bring millions of dollars to an impoverished African tribe, writes Tom Mangold.
Imagine this. A pill that kills the appetite and attacks obesity, is organic, with no chemicals added, has no known side effects, and contains a miracle molecule that fools the brain into believing you are full and even stops you thinking about food.
A mirage? A product as likely as the pill that turns water into petrol? No. It's true and it's here. And I know it works because I've tried it.
Deep inside the arid Kalahari desert, which intrudes into South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, grows an ugly looking cactus (actually a succulent) called the Hoodia plant. It thrives in temperatures that boil your brain - 50 degrees plus, and it takes years to mature.
When scientists at the South African Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research were routinely testing the cactus for commercial or medicinal value, they discovered to their amazement that the plant contained a new molecule, unknown to man, since christened P.57.
The Eureka moment came when the boffins from CSIR checked with the San tribe of bushmen, equivalent to the Aborigines of Australia and among the world's oldest and most primitive hunter-gatherers, who have historically eaten the Hoodia during their hunting trips in the Kalahari. To stave off the worst of the hunger pangs during their trips across infertile lands, they chewed the Hoodia. They've been eating this for thousands of years and believe me, you won't see a fat San Tribesman.