Effect of licorice on the reduction of body fat mass in healthy subjects

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 646-650

  Armanini, Decio ^a   De Palo, C B ^a   Mattarello, M J ^a   Spinella, P ^a   Zaccaria, M ^a   Ermolao, A ^a   Palermo, M ^b   Fiore, C ^a   Sartorato, P ^a   Francini Pesenti, F ^a   Karbowiak, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c Piove di Sacco ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

11 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Cortisol; Cortisone; Fat disposition; Licorice; Volume expansion

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALDOSTERONE; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; PLACEBO; RENIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TABLET; VOLUNTEER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 12444320324     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03347023     Document Type: Article

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