A rationale of ginseng as a novel addition to the antihirsutism armamentarium

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-211

  Pazyar, Nader ^a   Yaghoobi, Reza ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; EFLORNITHINE; FINASTERIDE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENG SAPONIN; GINSENOSIDE; GLOBULIN; METFORMIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR; PROLACTIN; PROTOPANAXADIOL 20 GLUCOSIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GINSENG; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84858841418     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0841     Document Type: Letter

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