The hoodia gordonii plant is a spiny succulent (similar looking to a cactus) that grows in the Kalahari desert in Africa, mostly in the arid areas of South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia.
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Hoodia gordonii is a succulent found in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. The San Tribesmen of the Kalahari have been using hoodia as a food source for thousands of years.


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Skin absorption of hoodia gordonii
We have not seen any evidence that hoodia is absorbed through the skin. If it does, we cannot find any published research to support the claims of hoodia diet patch promoters. Even if hoodia is absorbed through the skin, what advantage is there to taking this way. It is a more expensive way to have hoodia enter the body and since hoodia works well orally, what's the point of using a hoodia patch?

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We've had feedback from hoodia patch users regarding appetite control, and the results are not convincing. People have not noticed appetite suppression while using a hoodia patch.

Appetite control and Hoodia diet pill Research
It was in the 1960s that scientists first discovered that when rodents were given hoodia, they practically stopped eating. According to news reports, researchers in South Africa discovered hoodia contains a previously unknown compound, not known to be present in other plants, 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 with hoodia are being conducted at this time. A preliminary report in the news media which I can't find in medical journals indicates that hoodia is able to suppress appetite in humans. Here is a recent study with hoodia done with rats.

Chemical composition of hoodia gordonii
Hoodia has many components, including C21-steroidal derivatives, namely gordonosides, along with goodigosides, and oxypregnane glycosides. P57AS3 (P57), an oxypregnane steroidal glycoside, is believed to be the active constituent from this plant in terms of appetite suppression. P57 increases the content of ATP by 50-150% in hypothalamic neurons which may be one of the mechanisms by which hoodia works as an appetite suppression.

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