Evaluations of the effectiveness of tea containing thiamin, arginine, caffeine and citric acid on moderately obese subjects with visceral obesity and its safety

Japanese Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1097-1105

  Muroyama, Koutarou ^a   Yamamoto, Norio ^a   Murosaki, Shinji ^a   Ishijima, Akitoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Watanabe, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a HOUSE WELLNESS FOODS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginine; Caffeine; Citric acid; Moderately obese subjects; Thiamin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ARGININE; CAFFEINE; CITRIC ACID; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; THIAMINE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TEA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 56049104041     PISSN: 03863603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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