Maturitas
Volume 60, Issue 3 , Pages 209-215 , July 2008

Effects of black cohosh extract on body weight gain, intra-abdominal fat accumulation, plasma lipids and glucose tolerance in ovariectomized Sprague–Dawley rats

  • Dominik Rachoń

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
    • Department of Clinical Nutrition, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
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  • Tina Vortherms

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Dana Seidlová-Wuttke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Wolfgang Wuttke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 2 December 2007 ,Revised 1 May 2008 ,Accepted 3 June 2008.

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PII: S0378-5122(08)00189-8

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.06.001

Maturitas
Volume 60, Issue 3 , Pages 209-215 , July 2008

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