Hoodia Reviews – Know What You Buy!

As I was spidering the web for some informative Hoodia Gordonii info I came across this great website dedicated to Hoodia Reviews & Information. Unlike most other hyped up “Buy Our Hoodia” sites this website actually provides a hell lot of great content and will answer most of your questions regarding Hoodia and general .

If you are looking for Hoodia Reviews – this is the MUST-VISIT Place and below I have included a snippet from one of their articles for your reading enjoyment and pleasure:

Dude, What is Hoodia Gordonii, really?

Hoodia is a genus of succulent plants in the family Apocynaceae that is widely used traditionally by the San people of southern Africa as an appetite suppressant, thirst quencher and as a cure for severe abdominal cramps, haemorrhoids, tuberculosis, indigestion, hypertension and diabetes. Various uses have been recorded among Anikhwe (Northern Botswana), Hai om (northern Namibia ), Khomani (north western ), and the !Xun and Khwe (originally from Angola ) communities. Less is known about the use of this group of plants by other indigenous people, but some records show limited use of Hoodia parts as , albeit not as preferred . Hoodias are known to be used for cultural purposes in some areas (Hargreaves and Turner, 2002). Although relatively difficult to cultivate, Hoodia ‘ s are attractive plants and are also used for horticultural purposes.

Hoodia Gordonii CSIRThe Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in isolated an active compound (P57) for appetite suppression from H. gordonii . The CSIR licensed the rights for further development of P57 and the setting up of a sustainable production system to Phytopharm in the UK . Phytopharm in turn sub licensed the rights to Pfizer for the development and global commercialization. Pfizer has recently returned the clinical developmental rights.

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Tags: Kxoe language, food items, family apocynaceae
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One Response to “Hoodia Reviews – Know What You Buy!”

  1. delin pulch on August 14th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    Kalahari is a desert plateau region of southern Botswana, eastern Namibia, and western South Africa with about three-quarters of it contained in Botswana.

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