The role and challenges of plant extracts in obesity management

Liqi Li^#¹, Yingge He^#², Xiaoshu Zhou^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China.
² Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Resource and Compound Prescription, Ministry of Education, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China. xiaoxiao201031@126.com.
⁴ Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization for Liver Diseases, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China. xiaoxiao201031@126.com.
⁵ Hubei Shizhen Laboratory, Wuhan, 430061, China. xiaoxiao201031@126.com.

^# Contributed equally.

Review

Liqi Li et al. Mol Biol Rep. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 19;52(1):615.

doi: 10.1007/s11033-025-10706-w.

Liqi Li^#¹, Yingge He^#², Xiaoshu Zhou^{3

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5}

¹ Department of General Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China.
² Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Resource and Compound Prescription, Ministry of Education, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China. xiaoxiao201031@126.com.
⁴ Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization for Liver Diseases, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China. xiaoxiao201031@126.com.
⁵ Hubei Shizhen Laboratory, Wuhan, 430061, China. xiaoxiao201031@126.com.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Energy homeostasis; Gut microbiota; Lipid metabolism; Obesity management; Plant extracts.

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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