Efficacy and safety of a Chinese herbal medicine formula (RCM-104) in the management of simple obesity: A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lenon, George Binh ^a   Li, Kang Xiao ^a   Chang, Yung Hsien ^b   Yang, Angela Weihong ^a   Da Costa, Clifford ^a   Li, Chun Guang ^a   Cohen, Marc ^a   Mann, Neil ^a   Xue, Charlie C L ^a,c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; PLACEBO; RCM 104; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OBESITY; OBESITY AND WEIGHT LOSS QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURE QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84861091392     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/435702     Document Type: Article

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