Studies on the use of 'Slimax', a Chinese herbal mixture, in the treatment of human obesity

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-35

  Ignjatovic, Vera ^a   Ogru, Esra ^a   Heffernan, Mark ^a   Libinaki, Roksan ^a   Lim, Yoland ^b   Ng, Frank ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Slimax Laboratories Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Herbal mixture; Obesity treatment; Phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

LIPID; SLIMAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIMOCARPUS LONGAN; HORDEUM VULGARE; LIGUSTICUM SINENSE; LILIUM BROWNII; POLYGONATUM MULTIFLORUM; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 0034103391     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1388-0209(200001)3811-BFT030     Document Type: Article

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