Maca reduces blood pressure and depression, in a pilot study in postmenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-78

  Stojanovska, L ^a   Law, C ^b   Lai, B ^b   Chung, T ^b   Nelson, K ^a   Day, S ^c   Apostolopoulos, V ^a,c   Haines, C ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chinese postmenopausal women; Complementary therapies; Depression; Lepidium meyenii; Maca; Menopause symptoms

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT DURATION; UTIAN QUALIYT OF LIFE SCALE; WOMEN HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG EFFECTS; ETHNOLOGY; LEPIDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEPIDIUM; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84921260569     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2014.929649     Document Type: Article

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