Beneficial effects of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on psychological symptoms and measures of sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women are not related to estrogen or androgen content

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1157-1162

  Brooks, Nicole A ^a   Wilcox, Gisela ^b   Walker, Karen Z ^b,c   Ashton, John F ^d   Cox, Marc B ^e   Stojanovska, Lily ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Sanitarium Development and Innovation   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Complementary Therapies; Depression; Estrogenicity; Lepidium meyenii; Maca; Menopausal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DRUG SCREENING; LEPIDIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPIDIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 63349109235     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181732953     Document Type: Article

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