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Several species are grown as garden plants, and one species, H. gordonii, is being investigated for use as an appetite suppressant. [15] However, in 2008, UK-based Unilever PLC, one of the largest packaged-food firms in the world, abandoned plans to use hoodia in a range of diet products.
Hoodia gordonii, also known as Bushman’s hat, is a leafless spiny succulent plant supposed to have therapeutic properties in folk medicine. It grows naturally in Botswana , South Africa and Namibia .
P57 is an oxypregnane steroidal glycoside isolated from the African cactiform Hoodia gordonii. P57 is hypothesized to be the chemical constituent from this plant mainly responsible for the putative appetite suppressant activity of Hoodia extracts. [1] [2] [3]
Hoodia juttae is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. [3] Its natural habitats are rocky areas and cold desert. H. juttae is found around the Little and Great Karas mountains. [4] It is threatened by collection. The plant was discovered by Jutta Dinter, the wife of botanist, Kurt Dinter in 1913. [5]
Hoodia currorii is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa. [1] It grows in desert areas and is common along the road from Karibib to Swakopmund in Namibia. [2] It is also known as ghaap in the vernacular. [3]
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Hoodia macrantha is a succulent plant native to Namibia and the Cape Province of South Africa. [1] It is regarded by some sources as a synonym of the accepted name for the plant, Hoodia currorii subsp. currorii .
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