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Obesity declared as a disease by WHO and is the main cause of other many metabolic disorders which lead to mortality.
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Literature explains multiple mechanisms involved in energy uptake and energy consumption, the control of which can help in maintaining energy balance and thus keeping obesity at large.
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This article provides all dataset of protein structures to explore potential targets for obesity.
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In-silico exploration of targets is the first step in drug design to understand the underlying mechanism of action of the identified drug molecule.
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Many herbal medicines and food supplements are found to be beneficial in reducing body weight, although mode of action and identification of marker phytoconstituents is still not explored.
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Docking of phytoconstituents to seven identified targets for obesity can pave a way towards identification of novel anti-obesity drug.