An observational study and quantification of the actives in a supplement with Sambucus nigra and Asparagus officinalis used for weight reduction

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 913-918

  Chrubasik, Cosima ^a   Maier, Thorsten ^b   Dawid, Corinna ^c   Torda, Thomas ^d   Schieber, Andreas ^b   Hofmann, Thomas ^c   Chrubasik, Sigrun ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asparagus officinalis; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Hypocaloric diet; Quality of life; Sambucus nigra

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; BERRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FLOWER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; TABLET; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

ANTHOCYANINS; ASPARAGUS PLANT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; COUMARIC ACIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMOTIONS; FLAVONOLS; FRUIT; GLYCOSIDES; HEALTH STATUS; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SAPONINS; WEIGHT LOSS;

ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 48749096434     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2415     Document Type: Article

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