"Hoodia, a plant that tricks the brain by making the stomach feel full, has been in the diet of South Africa's Bushmen for thousands of years." - November 21, 2004
Hoodia on BBC: Kalahari cactus boosts UK drug firm
"An anti-obesity drug made from a Kalahari desert cactus is a step closer to reality after its developer, UK drug company Phytopharm, signed a fresh deal with US giant Pfizer." - July 30, 2002
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South African bushmen hail drug deal
"South Africa's indigenous San peoples have signed a deal ensuring they will profit from a diet drug being developed from a plant they have used for generations." - March 24, 2003
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The Anti-Fat Pill and the Bushmen
"A rare desert cactus, the Hoodia, contains a never before discovered molecule that may hold the answer to one of the world's greatest health problems, obesity and over-eating." - June 1, 2003
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Sampling the Kalahari cactus diet
"Correspondent's Tom Mangold travelled to Africa and sampled the appetite suppressing Hoodia, a plant which may make Kalahari bushmen millionaires." - May 30, 2003
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Hoodia on ABC: Tribal Remedy Could Be Next Big Drug to Fight Obesity
"A wild plant used by generations of native Bushmen in South Africa's Kalahari Desert to help them avoid starvation in the dry, hot sands could make them millionaires if it is successfully developed into a weight-loss drug for Westerners." - August 7, 2003
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Hoodia on New York Times: Bushmen Squeeze Money From a Humble Cactus
"The educated city people a government minister, a chief executive and several directors of the nation's most important scientific organizations - traveled at sunrise to this barren region of the Kalahari Desert to see for themselves the cactus that has been trumpeted as a natural wonder." - April 1, 2003
Hoodia on Oprah: Diet Pills: The next generation
"They won't push the plate away from you, but they do promise to quell appetite, boost metabolism, and zap fat cells..." "...Deep in the heart of Southern Africa's Kalahari Desert may lie the secret to weight loss." - July, 2005
