Determination by GC-IT/MS of phytosterols in herbal medicinal products for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms and food products marketed in europe

Planta Medica

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 613-620

  Müller, Christoph ^a   Bracher, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

gas chromatography ion trap mass spectrometry; lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS); pumpkin seed extracts; saw palmetto extracts; 7 phytosterols

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; CYCLOARTENOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SQUASH; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

SERENOA REPENS;

CUCURBITA; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; PHYTOSTEROLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84929946896     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1545906     Document Type: Article

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