History of the endocrine effects of licorice

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 257-261

  Armanini, D ^a   Fiore, C ^a   Mattarello, M J ^a   Bielenberg, J ^a   Palermo, M ^a  

^a Ospedale 105   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocrine properties; Glycyrrhetinic acid; History; Licorice

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLAVONOID; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GLYCYRRHIZA; GYNECOMASTIA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE GLAND; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLYCYRRHIZA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0036710020     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34587     Document Type: Review

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