Chapter 18. Recent Advances in the Design and Development of Antiobesity Agents

Anti-Obesity Drugs

“…Because the main therapeutic use of these substances is to control weight, they are also called antiobesity agents. This term, however, is too broad when only the suppression of the desire for food is meant, for antiobesity drugs include not only anorexiants but also metabolism and biosynthesis modifiers [1].…”