Treatment of patients with venous insufficiency with fresh plant horse chestnut seed extract: A review of 5 clinical studies

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 179-190

  Suter, Andy ^a   Bommer, Silvia ^a   Rechner, Jordan ^b  

^a Bioforce AG   (Switzerland)

^b Hospital Alstätten   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Clinical trial; Edema; Horse chestnut seed extract; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

AESCULAFORCE; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; BITTER TASTE; CAPILLARY WALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FILM COATING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GEL; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; MALAISE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLANT SEED; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH PAIN; TABLET; TASTE DISORDER; TINCTURE; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VOMITING;

AESCULUS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOSAGE FORMS; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33646157263     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850359     Document Type: Review

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