Effects of black cohosh extract on body weight gain, intra-abdominal fat accumulation, plasma lipids and glucose tolerance in ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley rats

Maturitas

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 209-215

  Rachoń, Dominik ^a,b   Vortherms, Tina ^a   Seidlová Wuttke, Dana ^a   Wuttke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cimicifuga racemosa; Dyslipidemia; Glucose tolerance; Intra abdominal fat; Menopause; Metabolic syndrome; Ovariectomized rats

Indexed keywords

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; NONHUMAN; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CIMICIFUGA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LEPTIN; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; RATTUS;

EID: 52149088330     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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