Vrikshamla
Latin Name: Garcinia Indica
Sanskrit/Hindi Names: Vrikshamla
English Name/ common names: Kokam Butter Tree, Garcinia

1. Antioxidative and Anti-Glycation Activity of Garcinol from Garcinia indica Fruit Rind. Fumio Yamaguchi,Toshiaki Ariga, Yoshihiro Yoshimura, and Hiroyuki Nakazawa. J. Agric. Food Chem., 48 (2), 180 -185. External Link
2. Free Radical Scavenging Activity and Antiulcer Activity of Garcinol from Garcinia indica Fruit Rind. Fumio Yamaguchi,Makoto Saito, Toshiaki Ariga, Yoshihiro Yoshimura, and Hiroyuki Nakazawa. J. Agric. Food Chem., 48 (6), 2320 -2325. External Link
3. Inhibition of growth and aflatoxin production in Aspergillus flavus by Garcinia indica extract and its antioxidant activity. A. Tamil Selvi, G. S. Joseph and G. K. Jayaprakasha. Food Microbiology Volume 20, Issue 4, August 2003, Pages 455-460. External Link
4. Garcinia cambogia (Hydroxycitric Acid) as a Potential Antiobesity Agent. Steven B. Heymsfield; David B. Allison; Joseph R. Vasselli; Angelo Pietrobelli; Debra Greenfield; Christopher Nunez. JAMA. 1998;280:1596-1600. External Link
5. Garcinia cambogia for weight loss.Schaller JL. JAMA. 1999 Jul 21;282(3):234. External Link
6. Dietary supplements for body-weight reduction: a systematic review. MH Pittler, E Ernst - Am J Clin Nutr, 2004. External Link
7. The antiulcer activity of Garcinia cambogia extract against indomethacin-induced gastric ulcer in rats. P. Mahendran, A. J. Vanisree, C. S. Shyamala Devi. Phytotherapy Research, Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 80 – 83. External Link
8. Effects of Long-term Administration of Garcinia cambogia extract on Visceral Fat Accumulation in Humans: A Placebo-controlled Double Blind Trial. Kohsuke Hayamizu, Yuri Ishii, Izuru Kaneka, Manzhen Shen, Hiroyuki Sakaguchi, Yasuhide Okuhara, Norihiro Shigematsu, Shigeru Miyazaki and Hiroyuki Shimasaki. Journal of Oleo Science Vol. 50 (2001) , No. 10 805

Guggul
Latin Name: Commiphora mukul
Sanskrit/Hindi  Names: Punarnava, Guggul
English Name/ common names: Indian Bedellium

1. Hypolipidemic and antioxidant effects of commiphora mukul as an adjunct to dietary therapy in patients with hypercholesterolemia. Ram B Singh, Mohammad A Niaz and Saraswati Ghosh. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, Volume 8, Number 4 / August, 1994. External Link
2. Gugulu (Commiphora mukul) induces triiodothyronine production: Possible involvement of lipid peroxidation. Sunanda Panda and Anand Kar. Life Sciences. Volume 65, Issue 12, 13 August 1999, Pages PL137-PL141. External Link
3. Beneficial effects of Allium sativum, Allium cepa and Commiphora mukul on experimental hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis--a comparative evaluation.Lata S, Saxena KK, Bhasin V, Saxena RS, Kumar A, Srivastava VK. J Postgrad Med 1991;37:132.. External Link
4. A Natural Product That Lowers Cholesterol As an Antagonist Ligand for FXR. Nancy L. Urizar, Amy B. Liverman, D'Nette T. Dodds, Frank Valentin Silva, Peter Ordentlich, Yingzhuo Yan, Frank J. Gonzalez, Richard A. Heyman, David J. Mangelsdorf, David D. Moore. Science 31 May 2002:Vol. 296. no. 5573, pp. 1703 – 1706. External Link
5. GUGULIPID: A Natural Cholesterol-Lowering Agent. Nancy L. Urizar and David D. Moore. Annual Review of Nutrition, Vol. 23: 303-313. External Link
6. The Hypolipidemic Natural Product Guggulsterone Acts as an Antagonist of the Bile Acid Receptor. Jun Wu, Chunsheng Xia, Jannika Meier, Suzhen Li, Xiao Hu and Deepak S. Lala. Molecular Endocrinology 16 (7): 1590-1597. External Link
7. New triterpenes, myrrhanol A and myrrhanone A, from guggul-gum resins, and their potent anti-inflammatory effect on adjuvant-induced air-pouch granuloma of mice. Ikuko Kimura, Masayuki Yoshikawab, Shinjiro Kobayashic, Yoshitaka Sugiharaa, Miho Suzukic, Hideo Oominamib, Toshiyuki Murakamib, Hisashi Matsudab and Vijay V. Doiphoded. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Volume 11, Issue 8, 23 April 2001, Pages 985-989. External Link
8. Guggulipid for the Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia - A Randomized Controlled Trial. Philippe O. Szapary, MD; Megan L. Wolfe, BS; LeAnne T. Bloedon, MS, RD; Andrew J. Cucchiara, PhD; Ara H. DerMarderosian, PhD; Michael D. Cirigliano, MD; Daniel J. Rader, MD. JAMA. 2003;290:765-772.. External Link

Sunthi
Latin Name: Zingiber officinale
Sanskrit/Hindi Names: Sunthi, Ardraka, Nagara, Srungavera, Vishvabheshaja
English Name/ common names: GingerBeneficial effects of Zingiber officinale on goldthioglucose induced obesity. Ramesh K. Goyal,  and Sanjay V. Kadnur. Fitoterapia . Volume 77, Issue 3, April 2006, Pages 160-163. External Link

• Studies On The Use Of “Slimax”, A Chinese Herbal Mixture, In The Treatment Of Human Obesity. Ignjatovic V.; Ogru E.; Heffernan M.; Libinaki R.; Lim Y.; Ng F.Pharmaceutical Biology (Formerly International Journal of Pharmacognosy), Volume 38, Number 1, January 2000 , pp. 30-35(6). External Link
• Antiobesity Effect of Red Pepper Powder, Garlic and Ginger in Rats Fed High Fat Diet. Ji-Young Yoon, Keun-Ok Jung, Jeung-Ha Kil, Kun-Young Park. Journal of Food Science and Nutrition Vol.10 No.1, 2005. External Link
• Influence of a combination of herbs on appetite suppression and weight loss in rats. Talpur, N. A.; Echard, B. W.; Manohar, V.; Preuss, H. G. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. 3(3):181-185, June 2001. External Link
• Effect of an herbal extract Number Ten (NT) on body weight in rats. David A York,Sonyja Thomas, Frank L Greenway, Zhijun Liu, and Jennifer C Rood. Chin Med. 2007; 2: 10. External Link