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 Chilli peppers:

Species (Family): Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae)
Part(s) Used: fresh or dried fruits of different Capsicum species Constituents:
Pungent substances, capsaicinoids, capsaicin is the main cpd. it contains
Carotenoids as capsanthin (dark red), flavonoids, and many other compounds

 Bitter orange peel:

Species (Family): Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae)
Part(s) Used: fresh and dried fruit peel, the flowers, the seeds and the extracted
essential oil
Constituents: sympathomimetic alkaloid (p-synephrine) as the main active
compound involved in weight-loss. Citrus flavonoids (naringenin) ,
Furocoumarins, and essential oil components

 Hoodia:

Species (Family): Hoodia gordonii (Asclepiadaceae)
Part(s) Used: Stem
Constituents: Glycosides known as the hoodigosides, and steroidal
glycosides,. The active constituent is often referred to as P57 which is an
oxypregnane glycoside of hoodigogenin) and is responsible for the appetite
suppressant effect.

 Fucus:
(Brown seaweed)

Species (Family): Fucus vesiculosus (Fucaceae)
Part(s) Used: Thallus
Synonym(s): Bladderwrack, Kelp
Constituents:

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