A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled trial of extract Sceletium Tortuosum (Zembrin) in healthy adults

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 898-904

  Nell, Haylene ^a   Siebert, Mirna ^a   Chellan, Pashini ^a   Gericke, Nigel ^b  

^a Karl Bremer Hospital   (South Africa)

^b HGandH Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; MESEMBRENOL; MESEMBRENONE; MESEMBRINE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SCELETIUM TORTUOSUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEMBRIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCELETIUM TORTUOSUM; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH ABSCESS; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; VITAL SIGNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888005942     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2012.0185     Document Type: Article

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