Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Natural Products for the Treatment of Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes 2014 Guest Editors: Menaka C. Thounaojam, Srinivas Nammi, and Ravirajsinh N. Jadeja Natural Products for the Treatment of Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes 2014 Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Natural Products for the Treatment of Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes 2014 Guest Editors: Menaka C. Thounaojam, Srinivas Nammi, and Ravirajsinh N. Jadeja Copyright © 2015 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board Mona Abdel-Tawab, Germany Chun T. Che, USA Brett Froeliger, USA Jon Adams, Australia Kevin Chen, USA Joel J. Gagnier, Canada GabrielA.Agbor,Cameroon Evan P. Cherniack, USA Siew Hua Gan, Malaysia Ulysses P. Albuquerque, Brazil Salvatore Chirumbolo, Italy Mary K. Garcia, USA Ather Ali, USA W. Chi-shing Cho, Hong Kong Susana Garcia de Arriba, Germany Gianni Allais, Italy Jae Youl Cho, Korea Dolores Garc´ıa Gimenez,´ Spain Terje Alraek, Norway K. B. Christensen, Denmark Gabino Garrido, Chile Shrikant Anant, USA Shuang-En Chuang, Taiwan Michael Goldstein, USA Isabel Andujar,´ Spain Paolo Coghi, Italy Yuewen Gong, Canada Letizia Angiolella, Italy Marisa Colone, Italy Settimio Grimaldi, Italy Virginia A. Aparicio, Spain Lisa A. Conboy, USA Gloria Gronowicz, USA Makoto Arai, Japan Kieran Cooley, Canada Maruti Ram Gudavalli, USA Manuel Arroyo-Morales, Spain Edwin L. Cooper, USA Alessandra Guerrini, Italy Hyunsu Bae, Republic of Korea Olivia Corcoran, UK Narcis Gusi, Spain Winfried Banzer, Germany Muriel Cuendet, Switzerland Svein Haavik, Norway Panos Barlas, UK RobertoK.N.Cuman,Brazil Solomon Habtemariam, UK Vernon A. Barnes, USA Vincenzo De Feo, Italy Abid Hamid, India Samra Bashir, Pakistan Roc´ıo De la Puerta, Spain Michael G. Hammes, Germany Purusotam Basnet, Norway Laura De Martino, Italy Kuzhuvelil B. Harikumar, India Jairo Kennup Bastos, Brazil Nunziatina De Tommasi, Italy Cory S. Harris, Canada Sujit Basu, USA Martin Descarreaux, USA Jan Hartvigsen, Denmark Arpita Basu, USA Alexandra Deters, Germany Thierry Hennebelle, France G. David Baxter, New Zealand Farzad Deyhim, USA Lise Hestbaek, Denmark A.-Michael Beer, Germany Manuela Di Franco, Italy Eleanor Holroyd, Australia Alvin J. Beitz, USA Claudia Di Giacomo, Italy Markus Horneber, Germany Louise Bennett, Australia Antonella Di Sotto, Italy Ching-Liang Hsieh, Taiwan Maria Camilla Bergonzi, Italy M.-G. Dijoux-Franca, France BennyT.K.Huat,Singapore Anna R. Bilia, Italy Luciana Dini, Italy Roman Huber, Germany Yong C. Boo, Republic of Korea Tieraona L. Dog, USA Helmut Hugel, Australia Monica Borgatti, Italy Caigan Du, Canada Ciara Hughes, UK Francesca Borrelli, Italy Jeng-Ren Duann, Taiwan Attila Hunyadi, Hungary Geoffrey Bove, USA Nativ Dudai, Israel Sumiko Hyuga, Japan Gloria Brusotti, Italy Thomas Efferth, Germany H. Stephen Injeyan, Canada Arndt Bussing,¨ Germany Abir El-Alfy, USA Angelo A. Izzo, Italy Rainer W. Bussmann, USA Tobias Esch, USA Chris J. Branford-White, UK Andrew J. Butler, USA Giuseppe Esposito, Italy Suresh Jadhav, India Gioacchino Calapai, Italy Keturah R. Faurot, USA G. K. Jayaprakasha, USA Giuseppe Caminiti, Italy Yibin Feng, Hong Kong Gao jianli, China Raffaele Capasso, Italy Nianping Feng, China Stefanie Joos, Germany Francesco Cardini, Italy Patricia D. Fernandes, Brazil ZeevLKain,USA Opher Caspi, Israel Josue Fernandez-Carnero, Spain Osamu Kanauchi, Japan Subrata Chakrabarti, Canada Antonella Fioravanti, Italy Wenyi Kang, China Pierre Champy, France Fabio Firenzuoli, Italy Shao-Hsuan Kao, Taiwan Shun-Wan Chan, Hong Kong Peter Fisher, UK Juntra Karbwang, USA Il-Moo Chang, Republic of Korea Filippo Fratini, Italy Kenji Kawakita, Japan DeborahA.Kennedy,Canada David Mischoulon, USA JoseL.R´ ´ıos, Spain Youn C. Kim, Republic of Korea Francesca Mondello, Italy Paolo Roberti di Sarsina, Italy Cheorl-Ho Kim, Republic of Korea Albert Moraska, USA Felix J. Rogers, USA Yoshiyuki Kimura, Japan Giuseppe Morgia, Italy Mariangela Rondanelli, Italy Toshiaki Kogure, Japan Mark Moss, UK Omar Said, Israel Jian Kong, USA Yoshiharu Motoo, Japan Avni Sali, Australia Tetsuya Konishi, Japan KamalD.Moudgil,USA Mohd Z. Salleh, Malaysia Karin Kraft, Germany Yoshiki Mukudai, Japan Andreas Sandner-Kiesling, Austria Omer Kucuk, USA Frauke Musial, Germany Manel Santafe, Spain Victor Kuete, Cameroon MinKyun Na, Republic of Korea Tadaaki Satou, Japan Yiu W. Kwan, Hong Kong Hajime Nakae, Japan Claudia Scherr, Switzerland Kuang C. Lai, Taiwan Srinivas Nammi, Australia Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann, Chile Ilaria Lampronti, Italy Krishnadas Nandakumar, India Andrew Scholey, Australia Lixing Lao, Hong Kong Vitaly Napadow, USA Roland Schoop, Switzerland Christian Lehmann, Canada Michele Navarra, Italy Sven Schroder,¨ Germany Marco Leonti, Italy Isabella Neri, Italy Herbert Schwabl, Switzerland Lawrence Leung, Canada Pratibha V. Nerurkar, USA Veronique Seidel, UK Shahar Lev-ari, Israel Karen Nieber, Germany Senthamil R. Selvan, USA Min Li, China Menachem Oberbaum, Israel Felice Senatore, Italy Xiu-Min Li, USA Martin Offenbaecher, Germany Hongcai Shang, China ChunGuang Li, Australia Junetsu Ogasawara, Japan Karen J. Sherman, USA Bi-Fong Lin, Taiwan Ki-Wan Oh, Republic of Korea Ronald Sherman, USA Ho Lin, Taiwan Yoshiji Ohta, Japan Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Japan Christopher G. Lis, USA Olumayokun A. Olajide, UK Kan Shimpo, Japan Gerhard Litscher, Austria Thomas Ostermann, Germany Yukihiro Shoyama, Japan I-Min Liu, Taiwan Stacey A. Page, Canada Morry Silberstein, Australia Yijun Liu, USA Siyaram Pandey, Canada Kuttulebbai N. S. Sirajudeen, Malaysia V´ıctor Lopez,´ Spain Bhushan Patwardhan, India Graeme Smith, UK Thomas Lundeberg, Sweden BeritS.Paulsen,Norway Chang-Gue Son, Korea Filippo Maggi, Italy Philip Peplow, New Zealand Rachid Soulimani, France Valentina Maggini, Italy Florian Pfab, Germany Didier Stien, France Gail B. Mahady, USA Sonia Piacente, Italy Con Stough, Australia Jamal Mahajna, Israel Andrea Pieroni, Italy Annarita Stringaro, Italy Juraj Majtan, Slovakia Richard Pietras, USA Shan-Yu Su, Taiwan Francesca Mancianti, Italy Andrew Pipingas, Australia Barbara Swanson, USA Carmen Mannucci, Italy Jose M. Prieto, UK Giuseppe Tagarelli, Italy Marta Marzotto, Italy Haifa Qiao, USA Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati, Italy James H. McAuley, Australia Waris Qidwai, Pakistan Takashi Takeda, Japan Kristine McGrath, Australia Xianqin Qu, Australia Ghee T. Tan, USA James S. McLay, UK CassandraL.Quave,USA Hirofumi Tanaka, USA Lewis Mehl-Madrona, USA Roja Rahimi, Iran Lay Kek Teh, Malaysia Peter Meiser, Germany Khalid Rahman, UK Norman Temple, Canada Karin Meissner, Germany Cheppail Ramachandran, USA Mayank Thakur, Germany Albert S Mellick, Australia Elia Ranzato, Italy Menaka C. Thounaojam, USA Andreas Michalsen, Germany Ke Ren, USA Evelin Tiralongo, Australia Oliver Micke, Germany Man H. Rhee, Republic of Korea Stephanie Tjen-A-Looi, USA Roberto Miniero, Italy Luigi Ricciardiello, Italy Michał Tomczyk, Poland Giovanni Mirabella, Italy Daniela Rigano, Italy Loren Toussaint, USA Yew-Min Tzeng, Taiwan Yong Wang, USA Haruki Yamada, Japan Dawn M. Upchurch, USA Chong-Zhi Wang, USA Nobuo Yamaguchi, Japan Takuhiro Uto, Japan Jonathan L. Wardle, Australia Junqing Yang, China Sandy van Vuuren, South Africa Kenji Watanabe, Japan Ling Yang, China Alfredo Vannacci, Italy J. Wattanathorn, Thailand Eun J. Yang, Republic of Korea Subramanyam Vemulpad, Australia Michael Weber, Germany Ken Yasukawa, Japan Carlo Ventura, Italy Silvia Wein, Germany Albert S. Yeung, USA Pradeep Visen, Canada Janelle Wheat, Australia Chris Zaslawski, Australia Aristo Vojdani, USA Jenny M. Wilkinson, Australia Ruixin Zhang, USA Dawn Wallerstedt, USA D. R. Williams, Republic of Korea M. S. A.-Shtayeh, Palestinian Authority Shu-Ming Wang, USA C. Worsnop, Australia Y. N. Clement, Trinidad And Tobago Contents Natural Products for the Treatment of Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes 2014, Menaka C. 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