African plum and benign prostatic hypertrophy

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-46

  Strong, Kathryn M ^a  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BEHENYL ALCOHOL; BETA SITOSTERONE; CORTICOSTEROID; FERULIC ACID; FINASTERIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OLEANIC ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; PLACEBO; PYGEUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; SABAL EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; TERPENOID; TETRACOSANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PYGEUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PYGEUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1842866343     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v04n01_05     Document Type: Article

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