Plant used in traditonal Chinese medicine may treat metabolic diseases and obesity

[Northerner]

New research shows that a component found in in the plant, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, may inhibit the development of metabolic disorders by stopping the activation of NLRP3, a protein involved in the disease process. Specifically, the researchers identified isoliquiritigenin as having the ability to attenuate high-fat, diet-induced obesity, type 2 diabetes and hepatic steatosis in mice.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141201125200.htm