Effect of licorice on PTH levels in healthy women

Steroids

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 403-408

  Mattarello, Mee Jung ^a   Benedini, Stefano ^a   Fiore, Cristina ^a   Camozzi, Valentina ^a   Sartorato, Paola ^a   Luisetto, Giovanni ^a   Armanini, Decio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxycholecalciferol; Aldosterone; Calcium; Estrogenic activity; Licorice; PTH

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; PLASMIN; RENIN;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE METABOLISM; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE URINE LEVEL; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; RENIN;

GLYCYRRHIZA;

EID: 33646049066     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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