Anti-obesity effects of Yerba Mate (Ilex Paraguariensis): A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Sun Young ^a   Oh, Mi Ra ^a   Kim, Min Gul ^a   Chae, Han Jeoung ^a   Chae, Soo Wan ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Ilex paraguariensis; Obesity; Yerba Mate

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS EXTRACT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MICROCAPSULE;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANTIOBESITY ACTIVITY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FAT MASS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROCAPSULE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CAPSULES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84942133157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0859-1     Document Type: Article

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