[Home ] [Archive]   [ فارسی ]  
:: Main :: About :: Current Issue :: Archive :: Search :: Submit :: Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
Journal Information::
Editorial Board::
Executive Members::
Instruction to Authors::
Peer Review::
Articles Archive::
Indexing Databases::
Contact Us::
Site Facilities::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
:: Volume 16, Issue 4 (12-2014) ::
J Gorgan Univ Med Sci 2014, 16(4): 1-6 Back to browse issues page
Effect of Evening Primrose, Vitex agnus and vitamin E on premenstrual syndrome
Salehi A1 , Momeni H * 2, Kerami A1 , Naeimi N3
1- Academic Instructor, Khomain Faculty of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
2- Academic Instructor, Khomain Faculty of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran , h.momeni@arakmu.ac.ir
3- Academic Instructor, Department of Biology, Sistan and Baluochestan University, Zahedan, Iran
Abstract:   (29072 Views)

Background and Objective: Herbal products consumption is increased worldwide. This study was done to compare the effect of Evening Primrose, Vitex agnus and vitamin E on premenstrual syndrome. Methods: In this clinical trials study, 210 women with premenstrual syndrome were randomly divided eqaly into Evening Primrose (500 mg, 3 times per day), Vitex agnus (40 mg/day) and vitamin E (400 Iu/day) groups. The subjects were received the thraputic regiment for 2 months. Severity of premenstrual syndrome was recorded for each subject using DSR Dickerson questinare, perior and at the end of intervention. Results: After intervention, severity of premenstrual syndrome was reduced in Evening Primrose group (60.58±30.6 to 34.09±19.81), Vitex agnus (61.23±30.54 to 25.25±17.78) and the vitamin E group, (61.24±32.04 to 54.9±19.24). Severity of premenstrual syndrome were reduced in the Evening Primrose and Vitex agnus groups in compared to vitamin E group (P<0.05). Severity of premenstrual syndrome were reduced in Vitex agnus in comparision with Evening Primrose (P<0.05). Conclusion: Vitex agnus, Evening Primrose and vitamin E can reduce severity of premenstrual syndrome, but therapeutic effect of Vitex agnus is more than Evening Primrose and vitamin E.

Keywords: Premenstural syndrome, Evening Primrose, Vitex agnus, Vitamin E
Full-Text [PDF 280 kb] [English Abstract]   (22761 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Original Articles | Subject: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Send email to the article author


XML   Persian Abstract   Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Salehi A, Momeni H, Kerami A, Naeimi N. Effect of Evening Primrose, Vitex agnus and vitamin E on premenstrual syndrome. J Gorgan Univ Med Sci 2014; 16 (4) :1-6
URL: http://goums.ac.ir/journal/article-1-2186-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 16, Issue 4 (12-2014) Back to browse issues page
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان Journal of Gorgan University of Medical Sciences
Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.05 seconds with 36 queries by YEKTAWEB 4660
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)