Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa) for the mitigation of menopausal symptoms: recent developments in clinical safety and efficacy
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Analysis of formononetin from black cohosh (Actaea racemosa).
Black cohosh has been widely used as an herbal medicine for the treatment of symptoms related to menopause in America and Europe during the past several decades, but the bioactive constituents are still unknown. Formononetin is an isoflavone with known estrogen-like activity. This compound was first reported to be isolated from black cohosh in 1985, but subsequent research in 2002 using HPLC-PD...
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عنوان ژورنال: Women's Health
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1745-5057,1745-5065
DOI: 10.2217/17455057.2.5.773