Herbal preparations for the menopause: Beyond isoflavones and black cohosh

Maturitas

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-194

  Depypere, Herman T ^a   Comhaire, Frank H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Menopause; Nutraceutical; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PYCNOGENOL;

ACTAEA RACEMOSA; BREAST CANCER; BROCCOLI; CRUCIFEROUS; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMULUS LUPULUS; LEPIDIDIUM MEYENII; LINSEED; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDLINE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS; YAM;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA; LEPIDIUM MEYENII;

HERBAL MEDICINE; MENOPAUSE; NUTRACEUTICAL; TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BRASSICACEAE; CIMICIFUGA; DIOSCOREA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FLAX; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; HUMULUS; ISOFLAVONES; LEPIDIUM; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84893701565     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.11.001     Document Type: Review

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