Nutraceuticals: Do they work and when should we use them?

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-115

  McAlindon, Timothy E ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondroitin; Glucosamine; Nutraceuticals; Nutrition; Osteoarthritis; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN FIBER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA POLYMERASE; FOLIC ACID; GELATINASE B; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; NUTRACEUTICAL; PEROXIDASE; PIASCLEDINE; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEOGLYCAN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SELENIUM; STROMELYSIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXIDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SULFATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32544461628     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2005.09.002     Document Type: Review

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