Abstract: The present disclosure relates to hydroxypheophorbide compounds with bioactivities towards obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities. Therefore, the present subject-matter discloses hydroxypheophorbide compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, N-oxide, stereoisomer, diastereoisomer, enantiomer or atropisomer, polymorph for use in medicine comprising formula (I), wherein R is CnH(2n-1) and n is an entire number multiple of 5. The compound of the present disclosure may be use in the therapy or treatment of obesity, an obesity-related disorder, an obesity related disease, being overweight, an obesity-related condition, or lipid obesity disorders.