How celastrol sensitizes brains to leptin, curbing hunger and obesity

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 03:50 in Health & Medicine

Celastrol's potent anti-obesity effects were widely reported in 2015. Derived from the roots of the thunder god vine, the drug curbed food intake in obese mice by nearly 80 percent, producing up to a 45 percent weight loss.

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