A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a polyherbal formulation in geriatric age group: A phase IV clinical report

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 429-433

  Banerjee, Payel ^a   Maity, Soumya ^a   Das, Tapas ^b   Mazumder, Santasree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ayurveda; Geriatric patients; Polyherbal formulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GERIFORTE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLACEBO; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; AYURVEDA; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; POLYPHARMACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSPERMS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952695962     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.12.044     Document Type: Article

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