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The herbal compositions of Coleus forskohlii, Salacia reticulata, and Sesamum indicum, standardized for forskolin, mangiferin, and sesamin, respectively, were shown, in vitro, to inhibit pancreatic lipase with differing degrees and dynamics. In the placebo controlled six weeks clinical study the daily intake of 1000 mg C. forskohlii stand-alone standardized for 10% forskolin, showed statistically significant lowering of total body fat vs. baseline and placebo group (p

The herbal composition of Coleus forskohlii, Salacia reticulata, and Sesamum indicum, standardized for forskolin, mangiferin, and sesamin, respectively, were shown, in vitro, to inhibit pancreatic lipase with differing degrees and dynamics. In the placebo controlled six weeks clinical study the daily intake of 1000 mg C. forskohlii stand-alone standardized for 10% forskolin, showed statistically significant lowering of total body fat vs. baseline and placebo group (p

Parkinson's disease (PD) is caused by dopaminergic cell death in the substantia nigra, leading to a reduced level of dopamine in the striatum. Oxidative stress is one of the causes of PD. Since symptomatic PD therapies are used, identification of compounds or proteins that inhibit oxidative stress-induced neuronal cell death is necessary. DJ-1 is a causative gene product of familial PD and plays a role in anti-oxidative stress reaction. We have identified various DJ-1-binding compounds, including compound-23, that restored neuronal cell death and locomotion defects observed in neurotoxin-induced PD models. In this study, wild-type and DJ-1-knockout mice were injected intraperitoneally with 1 mg/kg of compound-23 and then with 30 mg/kg of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) at 1 h after injection. Five days after administration, the effects of compound-23 on MPTP-induced locomotion deficits, on dopaminergic cell death and on brain dopamine levels were analyzed by rotor rod tests, by staining cells with an anti-TH antibody and by an HPLC, respectively. The results showed that compound-23 inhibited MPTP-induced reduction of retention time on the rotor rod bar, neuronal cell death in the substantia nigra and striatum and dopamine content in wild-type mice but not in DJ-1-knockout mice, indicating a DJ-1-dependent effect of compound-23.