Effect of CYSTUS052® and green tea on subjective symptoms in patients with infection of the upper respiratory tract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-100

  Kalus, Ulrich ^a   Kiesewetter, Holger ^a   Radtke, Hartmut ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cistus incanus; CYSTUS052 ; Green tea; Infection of the upper respiratory tract; Score of subjective symptoms

Indexed keywords

CISTUS INCANUS EXTRACT; CYSTUS 052; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYSTUS052; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CISTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOZENGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH PAIN; TEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CISTUS; CISTUS INCANUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISTUS; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249091233     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2876     Document Type: Article

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