As one category of the most common natural products from plants,essential oils are widely used in food,cosmetics and aromatherapy.However,until recent years,researchers began to focus on the efficacy of essential oil in regulation of lipid metabolism so as to promote weight loss,and preliminarily identified the main bioactive ingredients.In this paper,the represen-tative literature reports on the anti-obesity of essential oils in recent years were introduced,and the variation of biochemical indi-cators during treatment of obesity,as well as the possible mechanism were reviewed,including the inhibition of lipogenesis,the facilitation of lipolysis,the regulation of gut microflora and the inhibition of appetite,etc.And prospects were proposed for the problems remained to be solved in this field,in order to provide references for the screening,pharmacological research and clini-cal treatment of anti-obesity essential oils.
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