Effect of sub-chronic treatment with Jarsin® (extract of St John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum) at two dose levels on evening salivary melatonin and cortisol concentrations in healthy male volunteers

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-15

  Franklin, M ^a   Hafizi, S ^b   Reed, A ^b   Hockney, R ^b   Murck, H ^c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Lichtwer Pharma AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERICUM; MALE; MELATONIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA;

EID: 32544454370     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-931472     Document Type: Article

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