Garcinia cambogia (hydroxycitric acid) as a potential antiobesity agent: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1596-1600

  Heymsfield, Steven B ^a,b   Allison, David B ^a   Vasselli, Joseph R ^a   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^a   Greenfield, Debra ^a   Nunez, Christopher ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE LYASE; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYCITRIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

GARCINIA CAMBOGIA;

EID: 0032508876     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.18.1596     Document Type: Article

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