A composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of Bidens pilosa extract, or an active compound isolated from the Bidens pilosa extract for use in treating obesity, reducing body weight or body weight gain, and/or gaining muscle mass or muscle content in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The composition is useful for reducing fat cell size and/or fat accumulation in the fat cell in a subject in need thereof. The composition may further comprises an animal feed. A polyacetylenic compound for use in treating obesity, gaining muscle mass or muscle content, and/or increasing lean tissue protein content in a subject in need thereof is also disclosed. In one embodiment, the polyacetylenic compound is cytopiloyne.
本发明公开了一种组合物,该组合物包含治疗有效量的白头翁
提取物或从白头翁
提取物中分离出的活性化合物,用于治疗肥胖症、减轻体重或体重增加,和/或增加肌肉质量或肌肉含量。该组合物可用于减少有需要的受试者的
脂肪细胞体积和/或
脂肪细胞中的
脂肪堆积。该组合物可进一步包括动物饲料。本发明还公开了一种多乙酰化合物,用于治疗肥胖症、增加肌肉质量或肌肉含量,和/或增加有需要的受试者的瘦肉组织蛋白质含量。在一个实施方案中,该多乙酰化合物是
胞二磷胆碱。