A pilot study on the effects of s-equol compared to soy isoflavones on menopausal hot flash frequency

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 674-682

  Jenks, Belinda H ^a   Iwashita, Soh ^a   Nakagawa, Yasushi ^b   Ragland, Karen ^b   Lee, Jennifer ^b   Carson, William H ^b   Ueno, Tomomi ^c   Uchiyama, Shigeto ^c  

^a Pharmavite LLC   (United States)

^b OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION INC   (United States)

^c OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; EQUOL; GENISTEIN; GLYCITEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; SOYSELECT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IMBALANCE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERTROPHY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MYALGIA; PILOT STUDY; POSITIONAL VERTIGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOYBEAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHYTOESTROGENS; PHYTOTHERAPY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862192351     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.3153     Document Type: Article

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