The non-estrogenic alternative for the treatment of climacteric complaints: Black cohosh (Cimicifuga or Actaea racemosa)

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 302-310

  Wuttke, Wolfgang ^a   Jarry, Hubertus ^b   Haunschild, Jutta ^c   Stecher, Guenter ^c   Schuh, Markus ^c   Seidlova Wuttke, Dana ^a  

^a Hormone and Obesity Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Bionorica SE ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Black cohosh; Climacteric complaints; Estrogen; Mammary gland; Neurotransmitters; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLACEBO;

ACTAEA RACEMOSA; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CLIMACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RHIZOME; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE; UTERUS;

CIMICIFUGA; CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; RATTUS;

EID: 84889884203     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.02.007     Document Type: Review

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