Safety and efficacy of citrus aurantium for weight loss

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1359-1361

  Bent, Stephen ^a,b   Padula, Amy ^b   Neuhaus, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS AURANTIUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; EPHEDRA; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDLINE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; SOUR ORANGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CITRUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SYNEPHRINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 7944230669     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.137     Document Type: Article

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