Pycnogenol® in the management of asthma

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 201-209

  Hosseini, Saeed ^a   Pishnamazi, S ^a   Sadrzadeh, S M H ^a   Farid, F ^a   Farid, R ^a   Watson, Ronald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFLAVONOID; PINUS MARITAMA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNOGENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PINUS MARITIMA;

EID: 0035680864     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10966200152744472     Document Type: Article

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