Menopause & perimenopause
Phytotherapy — References and further reading
References
[1] The World Health Organization. 2003. WHO | Traditional Medicine. Fact Sheet No. 134. URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs134/en/ (accessed 04.20.2012).
2 Hudson, Tori. 2006. Menopause Botanicals. URL: http://torihudson.com/?page_id=25 (accessed 02.11.2008).
3 Molla, M., et al. 2011. Phytotherapy as alternative to hormone replacement therapy. Front. Biosci. (Schol. Ed)., 3, 191–204. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21196369 (accessed 06.10.2011).
4 Natural Standard. 2011. Wild yam. URL: http://naturalstandard.com/databases/herbssupplements/all/wildyam.asp (accessed 06.10.2011).
Wu, W., et al. 2005. Estrogenic effect of yam ingestion in healthy postmenopausal women. J. Am. Coll. Nutr., 24, 235–243. URL: http://www.jacn.org/content/24/4/235.long (accessed 06.10.2011).
5 Gonzales, G., et al. 2009. Lepidium meyenii (Maca): A plant from the highlands of Peru—from tradition to science. Forsch. Komplementmed., 16 (6), 373–380. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20090350 (accessed 04.21.2011).
Brooks, N., et al. 2008. Beneficial effects of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on psychological symptoms and measures of sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women are not related to estrogen or androgen content. Menopause, 15 (6), 1157–1162. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18784609 (accessed 04.21.2011).
Hudson, T. 2008. Maca: New insights on an ancient plant. IMCJ, 7 (6), 54–57. URL (summary): http://www.imjournal.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/archives.main (accessed 04.21.2011).
Lentz, A., et al. 2007. Acute and chronic dosing of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on male rat sexual behavior. J. Sex. Med., 4 (2), 332–339; discussion 339-40. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17367428 (accessed 04.21.2011).
Wang, Y., et al. 2007. Maca: An Andean crop with multi-pharmacological functions. Food Res. Intern., 40, 783–792. URL (abstract): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2007.02.005 (accessed 04.21.2011).
Meissner, H., et al. 2006. Therapeutic effects of Lepidium peruvianum ‘Chacon’ (pre-gelatinized Maca) used as a non-hormonal alternative to HRT in perimenopausal women – Clinical Pilot Study. IBJS, 2 (2), URL: http://www.ijbs.org/user/ContentFullText.aspx?VolumeNO=1&StartPage=33 (accessed 04.21.2011).
López–Fando, A., et al. 2004. Lepidium peruvianum ‘Chacón’ restores homeostasis impaired by restraint stress. Phytother. Res., 18 (6), 471–474. URL (abstract): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ptr.1455/abstract (accessed 04.21.2011).
Gonzales, G., et al. 2002. Effect of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on sexual desire and its absent relationship with serum testosterone levels in adult healthy men. Andrologia, 34 (6), 367–372. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12472620 (accessed 04.21.2011).
Chacon, G. 2001. “Maca” millenarian Peruvian food plant with highly nutritional and medicinal properties, 1-337. 1st Ed. Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
Chacon R. 1961. Phytochemical study on Lepidium meyenii. PhD Thesis. Univ. Natl. Mayo de San Marcos, Peru, 1-46.
6 Brooks, N., et al. 2008.
7Natural Standard. 2011. Dong Quai. URL: http://naturalstandard.com/databases/herbssupplements/all/patient-dongquai.asp (accessed 06.10.2011).
References on phytoestrogens
1 Couse, J., et al. 1997. Tissue distribution and quantitative analysis of estrogen receptor-alpha and estrogen receptor-beta messenger ribonucleic acid in the wild-type and ER-alpha knockout mouse. Endocrinol., 138 (11), 4613–4621. URL: http://endo.endojournals.org/content/138/11/4613.long (accessed 06.08.2011).
2 Collins, J. Winter, 2006. Phytotherapeutic management of endocrine dysfunctions. NutriNews, p. 2. URL: http://www.douglaslabs.com/pdf/nutrinews%5CEndocrine%20Dysfunctions.pdf (accessed 06.08.2011).
3 National Cancer Institute. Definition of phytoestrogen — NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms. URL: http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?CdrID=330175 (accessed 06.09.2011).
4 Caan, B., et al. 2011. Soy food consumption and breast cancer prognosis. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev., 20, 854. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21357380 (accessed 06.08.2011).
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