A preliminary study of the effectiveness of chinese therapeutic food on regulating female reproductive hormones

Integrative Medicine Insights

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Fu, Lulu ^a   Xu, Hong ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 hydroxyestrone:16 hydroxyestrone; Chinese kiwi fruit; Chinese medicine patterns of disharmony; Chinese therapeutic food; Reproductive hormones

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; 2 HYDROXYESTRONE; AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; KIWI FRUIT EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS;

EID: 79958840731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11773936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/IMI.S5782     Document Type: Article

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