Research into this plant began in the 1960's and in 1977 a compound, P57, was isolated from Hoodia gordonii by the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Vulavisisi eka ximilani lexi byi sungule hi malembe yava 1960 naswona hi lembe ra 1977 nkatsakanyo wa, P57, wususiwile eka Hoodia gordonii hiva South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).