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15.17. Spray dried smectite clay particles as a novel treatment against obesity

TJ Dening , P Joyce , M Kovalainen , H Gustafsson , CA Prestidge

To read the full abstract: Pharm Res. 2018 Dec 5;36(1):21.Smectite purified from bentonite clay, and laponite SD-LAP, a synthetic Smectite were fed to rodents on a high-fat diet. Over a two-week period both the engineered clay and orlistat had weight loss effects.The unanticipated discovery that clay has a unique ability to “soak up” fat droplets in the g...