A Meta-Analysis of Clinical Improvements of General Well-Being by a Standardized Lycium barbarum

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1006-1014

  Hsu, Chiu Hsieh ^a   Nance, Dwight M ^b   Amagase, Harunobu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FreeLife International   (United States)

Author keywords

general well being; goji; humans; Lycium barbarum; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CIRCULATION; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ENERGY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LYCIUM; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SLEEP QUALITY; WEAKNESS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEVERAGES; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; LYCIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

LYCIUM BARBARUM;

EID: 84868564852     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2012.0013     Document Type: Article

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