Effect of herbal Ephedra sinica and Evodia rutaecarpa on body composition and resting metabolic rate: A randomized, double-blind clinical trial in Korean premenopausal women

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-138

  Kim, Ho Jun ^a   Park, Jung Mi ^b   Kim, Jin Ah ^b   Ko, Byeong Pyo ^c  

^a Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body composition; Ephedra; Evodia; Low calorie diet; Obesity; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; EVODIA FRUIT EXTRACT; EVODIAMINE; PLACEBO; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; RUTAECARPINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DULL HEAD; DYSPNEA; DYSURIA; EPHEDRA SINICA; EVODIA; EVODIA RUTAECARPA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART PALPITATION; HERB; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KOREA; LOW CALORY DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC RATE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMBLING; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPHEDRA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA SINICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749119455     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60033-9     Document Type: Article

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