Effect of a 2-month treatment with Klamin®, a Klamath algae extract, on the general well-being, antioxidant profile and oxidative status of postmenopausal women

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-240

  Scoglio, Stefano ^a   Benedetti, Serena ^b   Canino, Claudia ^b   Santagni, Susanna ^c   Rattighieri, Erika ^c   Chierchia, Elisa ^c   Canestrari, Franco ^b   Genazzani, Alessandro D ^c  

^a Nutritherapic Research Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Klamath algae extract; Klamin; Malondialdehyde; Menopause; Oxidative stress; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; C PEPTIDE; CAROTENOID; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; INSULIN; KLAMIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LYCOPENE; MALONALDEHYDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE B INHIBITOR; PHENETHYLAMINE; PHYCOCYANIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RETINOL; TIBOLONE; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL; HORMONE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALGA; AMENORRHEA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GREEN SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NEUROMODULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH STATUS; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ALGAE; ANTIOXIDANTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONES; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; VITAMINS;

EID: 67650317790     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590802632506     Document Type: Article

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