Isoflavones from red clover (Promensil®) significantly reduce menopausal hot flush symptoms compared with placebo

Maturitas

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-193

  Van De Weijer, Peter H M ^a,b   Barentsen, Ronald ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hot flush; Isoflavone; Menopause; Phytoestrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOCHANIN A; DAIDZEIN; FORMONONETIN; GENISTIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT;

AMENORRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOVER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY EXCRETION; AGED; ARTICLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; URINE;

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037173744     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(02)00080-4     Document Type: Review

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