Effects of a combination of hypericum perforatum and vitex agnus-castus on PMS-like symptoms in late-perimenopausal women: Findings from a subpopulation analysis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1045-1048

  Van Die, Margaret Diana ^a   Bone, Kerry M ^b,c   Burger, Henry G ^d   Reece, John E ^a   Teede, Helena J ^e  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MediHerb   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; HYPERFORIN; HYPERICIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BERRY; BLOATING; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INCREASED APPETITE; INSOMNIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRRITABILITY; LIMB SWELLING; MENOPAUSE RELATED DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; NERVOUSNESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM; TABLET; THERAPY EFFECT; TREE; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS; WEIGHT GAIN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; APPETITE; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; VITEX;

EID: 70349325820     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0539     Document Type: Article

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