Safety and tolerability of panax ginseng root extract: A randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial in healthy Korean volunteers

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1061-1069

  Lee, Nam Hun ^a   Yoo, Sa Ra ^a   Kim, Hyeong Geug ^a   Cho, Jung Hyo ^a   Son, Chang Gue ^a  

^a Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; KETONE; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UROBILINOGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869404161     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0591     Document Type: Article

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