Pycnogenol: A blend of procyanidins with multifaceted therapeutic applications?

Fitoterapia

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 724-736

  D'Andrea, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pinus pinaster; Procyanidins; Pycnogenol; Therapeutic applications; Validated grading rationale

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARGININE; CATECHIN; CINNAMIC ACID; EPICATECHIN; GLYCOSIDE; PRELOX; PROCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; PYCNOGENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHLOASMA; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSMENORRHEA; EDEMA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG ULCER; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PINE; PINUS PINASTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUNBURN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 77956664025     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2010.06.011     Document Type: Review

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