Black cohosh: Just another phytoestrogen?

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 214-221

  Viereck, Volker ^a   Emons, Günter ^a   Wuttke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN;

BREAST CANCER; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MOOD; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER;

BONE AND BONES; CIMICIFUGA; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOESTROGENS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 20744446493     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2005.05.002     Document Type: Review

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