Re: Black Cohosh Found Ineffective:a schizophrenic society
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Dec 20 14:08:31 2006
So Black Cohosh may be useful for menopausal hamsters when mixed with
alcohol. I'll drink to that. A Happy and a Merry to All.
Art
At Wed, 20 Dec 2006, emilio porro wrote:
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>I am curious what to believe in this schizophrenic society
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>Emilio Porro
>Como _Italy
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>FROM ORGGYN:COM wednesdey 20-12-2006
>http://www.orgyn.com/en/news/2006/Week_50/Day_4/Black_cohosh_allevia.asp?C=33379390719072106481
>Black cohosh alleviates hot flashes via opioid system
>Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2006; Advance online
>publication
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>Investigating the activity of black cohosh extracts in the opioid receptor
>system in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
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>Scientists have outlined the mechanisms by which the herb black cohosh may
>alleviate hot flashes in menopausal women.
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>Despite the popularity of the herb among menopausal women with climacteric
>symptoms such as hot flashes, the biological mechanisms underlying the
>activity of the herb remain unknown, the team says.
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>Mee-Ra Rhyu, from the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA, and colleagues
>propose that the herb acts on human opiate receptors that play a role in the
>regulation of body temperature.
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>They studied the activity of black cohosh extracts with the human mu-opiate
>receptor (hMOR), expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
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>Results showed that extracts of black cohosh combined with 100% methanol,
>75% ethanol, and 40% 2-propanol displaced the specific binding of
>[3H]DAMGO—a highly selective ligand for mu-opiate receptors—to hMOR.
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>"Opiates can therefore alter core temperature setting directly or
>indirectly," the investigators said. "Striking similarities exist between
>opiate withdrawal and menopausal hot flashes."
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>They conclude: "These results demonstrate for the first time that black
>cohosh contains active principle(s) that activate hMOR, supporting its
>beneficial role in alleviating menopausal symptoms."
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>Posted: 12 December 2006
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>© 2006 Current Medicine Group Ltd, a part of Springer Science+Business Media
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>You wrote
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>>From: evsono@pipeline.com (art fougner, md)
>>Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>Subject: GEN: Black Cohosh Found Ineffective
>>Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:14:35 -0600
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>>A new study in this week's Annals of Internal Medicine casts serious
>>doubt on the efficacy of Black Cohosh as a treatment for menopausal
>>symptoms.
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>>http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2734934
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>>Art
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>>art fougner, md
>>"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
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art fougner, md
"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
