Herbal and dietary supplements for weight loss

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-150

  Alraei, Raghda Ghussen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Herbal supplements; Safety and efficacy; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CAPSAICIN; CARNITINE; CATECHIN; CHITOSAN; CHROMIUM; CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID; EPHEDRINE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; GUAR GUM; GUARANA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYCITRIC ACID; ISPAGULA; MANNAN; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PYRUVIC ACID; TYROSINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOATING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETITIAN; DIURESIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPHEDRA; FLATULENCE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; INDIGESTION; INSOMNIA; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID OXIDATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POTASSIUM HOMEOSTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SATIETY; SIDE EFFECT; SOUR ORANGE; STOMACH DISEASE; STROKE; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 77952303183     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TIN.0b013e3181dbb85e     Document Type: Review

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