2012). To determine the underlying mechanism of the anti-obesity effects, DSP was analyzed by HPLC. TFA was identified as the most abundant active component. Panth et al. (2016) also identified TFA as a phenolic acid in NSP. Hypolipidimic (Senaphan et al. 2015; Naowaboot et al. 2016) and multi-systemic beneficial effects have been described for ferulic acid (Srinivasan et al. 2007). Hence, only TFA was selected for in vitro studies. Here, DSP is linked to obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.