Efficacy and safety of pomegranate juice on improvement of erectile dysfunction in male patients with mild to moderate erectile dysfunction: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 564-567

  Forest, C P ^a   Padma Nathan, H ^a   Liker, H R ^b  

^a Male Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Endothelial function; Erectile dysfunction; Nitric oxide; Pomegranate juice

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLATULENCE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRES; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; PENIS ERECTION; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BEVERAGES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PUNICACEAE;

EID: 35848957504     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901570     Document Type: Article

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