Panax ginseng in Randomised controlled trials: A systematic review

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 949-965

  Shergis, Johannah L ^a   Zhang, Anthony L ^a   Zhou, Wenyu ^a   Xue, Charlie C ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

herbal medicine; Panax ginseng; randomised controlled trials; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CHEONG KWAN JANG; GERIMAX; GINSANG; GINSENG EXTRACT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; KOREAN RED GINSENG; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RED GINSENG EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; COMMON COLD; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GINSENG; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INSOMNIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFECTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PENIS ERECTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PLANT ROOT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN ALLERGY; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; XEROSTOMIA;

HERBAL MEDICINE; PANAX GINSENG; RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 84879958938     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4832     Document Type: Review

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