Effects of fenugreek seed on the severity and systemic symptoms of dysmenorrhea

Journal of Reproduction and Infertility

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-48

  Younesy, Sima ^a   Amiraliakbari, Sedigheh ^a   Esmaeili, Somayeh ^a,b   Alavimajd, Hamid ^a   Nouraei, Soheila ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhea; Fenugreek; Herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLANT SEED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903371980     PISSN: 22285482     EISSN: 2251676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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