MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING OBESITY OR FATTY LIVER DISEASE

摘要

The invention discloses a medicament for treating obesity or fatty liver disease, using icaritin as active ingredient. Icaritin is an effective fatty acid synthetase inhibitor, and can suppress food intake and reduce weight in DIO mice, depress hepatic fatty degeneration, and relieve ischemia-reperfusion injure in liver with fatty degeneration. Further, icaritin shows no toxicity on mice in acute toxicity.