Influence of a Specialized Trigonella foenum-graecum Seed Extract (Libifem), on Testosterone, Estradiol and Sexual Function in Healthy Menstruating Women, a Randomised Placebo Controlled Study

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1123-1130

  Rao, Amanda ^a   Steels, Elizabeth ^d   Beccaria, Gavin ^c   Inder, Warrick J ^b   Vitetta, Luis ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Integrated Health Group Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e Medlab   (Australia)

Author keywords

estradiol; fenugreek; oestrogen; sexual desire; sexual function; testosterone; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; FENUGREEK EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEROGATIS INTERVIEW FOR SEXUAL FUNCTIONING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIGESTION; LIBIDO; MIGRAINE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PLANT SEED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRESS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRIGONELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEEDS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIGONELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938747331     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5355     Document Type: Article

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