Now in the mass media you may hear a lot of information about Hoodia cactus. The major sources, such as “BBC”, “CBS” and “The Today Show”, report much information about the extract of this plant. It makes the products made of Hoodia Gordonii to be the highly developing line on the market of diet supplements.
There are many kinds of Hoodia Cactus, but one of the most commonly used is Hoodia Gordonii Cactus. It’s known for its suppression of appetite. This plant was widely used by the people of the primitive tribe, which name is “Sans Bushmen”. The so-called “Council for Scientific and Industrial Research” (C.S.I.R.) is an institute, which during the 1990 performed a research of plants, eaten in the “Sans Bushmen”. They tried to find out what plants the people of that tribe were eating in order to protect themselves from toxic compounds. During the research Hoodia was found, which was not only non-toxic but at the same time was used to suppress the appetite of their animals. The C.S.I.R. has isolated the substance which produced the effect of the suppression of appetite. Thus, Hoodia Gordonii extract was isolated and called “P57”. “Phytopharm” – a British pharmaceutical company – has bought the rights of using “P57” in its products.
Still, not only “Phytopharm” produces supplements, including hoodia gordonii extract “P57” – you may find a lot of different companies selling Hoodia supplements. How can it be if only “Phytopharm” has the rights on using “P57”? The awareness of the existing patent laws will bring you the answer. In fact, only“Phytopharm” can isolate the active molecule, which is called “P57”, from Hoodia Gordonii Cactus and use it as hoodia gordonii appetite suppressant or other agent in their products. Still no one can buy the rights for using the plant itself, so Hoodia Gordonii Cactus is available for all companies, who want to use it in their supplements. So many other companies sell hoodia supplements on a legal basis.
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