Thuja occidentalis L. and its active compound, α-thujone: Promising effects in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome without inducing osteoporosis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-30

  Küpeli Akkol, Esra ^a   Ilhan, Mert ^a   Ayşe Demirel, Mürşide ^a   Keleş, Hikmet ^b   Tümen, Ibrahim ^c   Süntar, Ipek ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BARTIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cupressaceae; Osteoporosis; PCOS; Thuja occidentalis; Thujone

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA THUYONE; CEDAR LEAF OIL; DITERPENE; FENCHONE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEPTIN; LETROZOLE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RIMUENE; SABINENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA-THUJONE; CATALASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRILE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERPENE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; THUJA;

CUPRESSACEAE; RATTUS; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATALASE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MONOTERPENES; NITRILES; OILS, VOLATILE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROGESTERONE; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; THUJA; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84927546029     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.03.029     Document Type: Article

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