Effect of myrtle fruit syrup on abnormal uterine bleeding: A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study

DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Qaraaty, Marzieh ^a   Kamali, Seyed Hamid ^b   Dabaghian, Fataneh Hashem ^c   Zafarghandi, Nafiseh ^a   Mokaberinejad, Roshanak ^b   Mobli, Masumeh ^d   Amin, Gholamreza ^d   Naseri, Mohsen ^a   Kamalinejad, Mohammad ^b   Amin, Mohsen ^e   Ghaseminejad, Azizeh ^d   Hosseinikhabiri, Seyedeh Jihan ^f   Talei, Daryush ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f Khatam Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding menometrorrhagia; Effrat e tams; Iranian traditional medicine; Myrtaceae; Myrtle; Myrtus communis L

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; MYRTLE EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA AND METRORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84922055731     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: 20082231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2008-2231-22-45     Document Type: Article

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