Changes in serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) with Kami-shoyo-san administration in depressed climacteric patients

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 621-629

  Ushiroyama, Takahisa ^a   Ikeda, Atsushi ^a   Sakuma, Kou ^a   Ueki, Minoru ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climacteric women; Depression; Herbal medicine; Kami shoyo san; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA ROOT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATRACTYLODES EXTRACT; BUPLEURUM ROOT; GARDENIA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAMI SHOYO SAN; KAMPO; MENTHA EXTRACT; PAEONIA RADIX; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANGELICA; ARTICLE; ATRACTYLODES; BUPLEURUM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GARDENIA; GINGER; GLYCYRRHIZA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTHA; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CLIMACTERIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 4644362075     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04002259     Document Type: Article

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