TY - JOUR AU - Prilly Sandy PY - 2021/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Potential Use of Essential Oil of Indonesian Plants in Reducing Body Weight JF - Berkala Ilmiah Mahasiswa Farmasi Indonesia JA - bimfi VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.48177/bimfi.v8i1.71 UR - https://bimfi.e-journal.id/bimfi/article/view/71 AB - Introduction: overweight and obesity are health problems that arise in developing countries. Although classified as a non-communicable disease (NCD), being overweight can cause death due to its comorbidity. Conventional obesity therapy is generally in the form of medications and surgical procedures. If consumed long-term, it will have dangerous side effects and it is invasive, and there is a possibility to relapse. Therefore, this review was aimed to collect all available data on non-invasive therapies in the form of aromatherapy inhalation containing active phytochemical constituents derived from Indonesian plants that will be possible as a natural anti-obesity agent.Methods: The data review during 2007-2021 with electronic searches through Scopus, ScienceDirect, PubMed, and Google Scholar. Articles are sorted by the keywords "obesity", "essential oils" and "mechanism" and abstract screening. Twenty-six relevant reports were obtained, which were later discussed in this review article. For the development of concepts and ideas, other literature such as books and scientific literature are used.Result: Twelve types of essential oil plants in Indonesia that  can have anti-obesity activities were successfully obtained by various four mechanisms of action, ,i.e., appetite regulation, thermogenesis and stimulation of lipid metabolism, inhibition of adipogenesis, and inhibition of pancreatic lipase activity.Conclusion: Phytochemical constituents summarized in this review show that every plant's compounds play a role in anti-obesity activity. In addition to potential anti-obesity mechanisms, several effective doses can be further reviewed. ER -