Pumpkin seed oil extracted from Cucurbita maxima improves urinary disorder in human overactive bladder

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-74

  Nishimura, Mie ^a,d   Ohkawara, Tatsuya ^a,b   Sato, Hiroji ^c   Takeda, Hiroshi ^b   Nishihira, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO INFORMATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Section of Research and Development Hokushin Foods Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Section of Research and Development Hokkaido Food Industry Promotion Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucurbita maxima; Overactive bladder; Pumpkin seed oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894589258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2225-4110.124355     Document Type: Article

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