Auricular acupressure may improve absorption of flavanones in the extracts from Citrus aurantium L. in the human body

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-425

  Zhou, Jue ^a   Qu, Fan ^b   Sang, Xisheng ^c   Burrows, Elizabeth ^d   Nan, Rui ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e B Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS AURANTIUM EXTRACT; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; HESPERETIN; NARINGENIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACUPRESSURE; ART; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUR ORANGE;

ABSORPTION; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ADULT; CITRUS; FEMALE; FLAVANONES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 43749105131     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0725     Document Type: Article

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