Clinical trial of herbal formula on weight loss in obese Korean children

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 713-722

  Yoo, Jung Hee ^a   Lee, Eui Ju ^a   Kwak, Chang Kyu ^a   Sohn, Eun Hae ^a   Koh, Byung Hee ^a   Song, Il Byung ^a   Lee, Kyung Sub ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Herbal Formula; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CASTANEA CRENATA EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; COIX LACRYMA JABI EXTRACT; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEPTIN; OPHIOPOGON ROOT; PINUS KORAIENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM EXTRACT; RADISH EXTRACT; SCHIZANDRA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMAL SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ANOREXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASTANEA CRENATA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COIX LACRYMA JABI; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KOREA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; OBESITY; PINUS KORAIENSIS; POATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM; RADISH; SCHIZANDRA CHINENSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URINARY FREQUENCY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DRUG TOXICITY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THYROTROPIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 24944455779     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X0500334X     Document Type: Article

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