The effect of a Cimicifuga racemosa extracts Ze 450 in the treatment of climacteric complaints-an observational study

Phytomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8-9, 2013, Pages 659-666

  Drewe, Juergen ^a   Zimmermann, Christian ^a   Zahner, Catherine ^a  

^a Max Zeller Sohne AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actaea racemosa; Black cohosh; Cimicifuga racemosa; Kupperman Menopause Index; Menopausal symptoms; Observational study; Phytotherapy; Ze 450

Indexed keywords

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CIMIFEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZE 450;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KUPPERMAN MENOPAUSE INDEX; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANCHOLIA; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERTIGO; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CIMICIFUGA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878034069     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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