A clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of a standardized Eucommia ulmoides oliver bark extract to treat hypertension

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 338-347

  Greenway, Frank ^a   Liu, Zhijun ^a,b   Yu, Ying ^a   Gupta, Alok ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Clinical trial; Eucommia; Eucommia ulmoides; Human; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES EXTRACT; ISOPRENALINE; PLACEBO; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADIPOCYTE; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; THORAX PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARK; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; EUCOMMIACEAE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EUCOMMIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857407106     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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