Effects of Kampo herbal medicine on plasma melatonin concentration in patients

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-71

  Watanabe, Hareka ^a   Kobayashi, Takao ^a   Tomii, Meibou ^a   Sekiguchi, Yuki ^b   Uchida, Kazuhide ^c   Aoki, Tadashi ^c   Cyong, Jong Chol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gosha jinki gan; Hachimi jio gan; Herbal Medicine; Kampo; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ACONITINE; CINNAMON EXTRACT; GOSHAJINKIGAN; HACHIMIJIOGAN; ISPAGULA; KAMPO; LYCII RADICIS CORTEX; MELATONIN; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; REHMANNIAE RADIX EXTRACT; ROKUMIGAN; SCUTELLARIAE RADIX; SEISHINRENSHIIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CINNAMON; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HERBAL MEDICINE; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA; REHMANNIA; REHMANNIA ROOT; BLOOD; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0036052721     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X02000077     Document Type: Article

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