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Clinical Efficacy of Curcumin and Vitamin E on Inflammatory-Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Primary Symptoms of Menopause in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: A Triple-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr Metab 2022; 2022:6339715. [PMID: 35719707 PMCID: PMC9203212 DOI: 10.1155/2022/6339715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aims of the Study. Reducing estrogen levels due to menopause activates oxidative and inflammatory processes, which causes symptoms of menopause, anxiety, and sexual dysfunction. As a suggestion, potential anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agents such as curcumin and vitamin E could be used as an effective alternative treatment due to parsimony, suitable access, and fewer side effects. Therefore, the present study was conducted to find out whether supplementation with curcumin and vitamin E affects inflammatory-oxidative stress biomarkers and primary symptoms of menopause in healthy postmenopausal women. Methods Used to Conduct the Study. The present study is a triple-blind parallel randomized controlled trial. Eighty-four eligible postmenopausal women aged 40 to 60 years old were randomly assigned into three groups using block randomization with an allocation ratio of 1 : 1 : 1. The curcumin group received one capsule containing 500 mg curcumin twice a day, the vitamin E group received one 500 mg capsule of vitamin E twice a day, and the placebo group took two placebo capsules containing 500 mg of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) daily for eight weeks. Demographic and anthropometric characteristics, dietary intake, and early symptoms of menopause were collected at baseline. Serum levels of total antioxidant capacity (TAC), malondialdehyde (MDA), and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were measured at baseline and after the intervention. Intervention safety and satisfaction with the intervention were also evaluated. Results of the Study. Eighty-one participants completed the trial and were finally analyzed. There were no statistically significant differences in demographic characteristics and dietary intake of participants (except for vitamin C intake, P=0.023) between the groups at baseline. The mean ± standard deviation (SD) score of total menopause symptoms, depression, anxiety, psychological, vasomotor, and physical domains significantly decreased within all groups (P < 0.05). Between-group analyses indicated that decreasing the mean score of anxiety in the vitamin E group was significantly more than in the placebo group (P=0.026). The mean (SD) serum levels of MDA and hs-CRP significantly decreased only in the curcumin group (P=0.009 and P=0.025, respectively). Serum levels of TAC significantly increased in curcumin and vitamin E groups (P < 0.001 and P=0.006, respectively). Conclusions Drawn from the Study and Clinical Implications. Curcumin could improve the oxidative stress (MDA and TAC) and inflammatory (hs-CRP) biomarkers. Vitamin E may also improve the antioxidant status by increasing the TAC levels. The alleviation of anxiety in the vitamin E group was more than in the placebo group. Clinical Trial Registration. The trial was registered at the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (https://irct.ir/IRCT20131009014957N6).
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Sharif SN, Darsareh F. Effect of royal jelly on menopausal symptoms: A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial. Complement Ther Clin Pract 2019; 37:47-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2019.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Kim JM, Park YJ. Probiotics in the Prevention and Treatment of Postmenopausal Vaginal Infections: Review Article. J Menopausal Med 2017; 23:139-145. [PMID: 29354612 PMCID: PMC5770522 DOI: 10.6118/jmm.2017.23.3.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Revised: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and complicated vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) are frequently occurring vaginal infections in postmenopausal women, caused by an imbalance in vaginal microflora. Postmenopausal women suffer from decreased ovarian hormones estrogen and progesterone. A normal, healthy vaginal microflora mainly comprises Lactobacillus species (spp.), which act beneficially as a bacterial barrier in the vagina, interfering with uropathogens. During premenopausal period, estrogen promotes vaginal colonization by lactobacilli that metabolizing glycogen and producing lactic acid, and maintains intravaginal health by lowering the intravaginal pH level. A lower vaginal pH inhibits uropathogen growth, preventing vaginal infections. Decreased estrogen secretion in postmenopausal women depletes lactobacilli and increases intravaginal pH, resulting in increased vaginal colonization by harmful microorganisms (e.g., Enterobacter, Escherichia coli, Candida, and Gardnerella). Probiotics positively effects on vaginal microflora composition by promoting the proliferation of beneficial microorganisms, alters the intravaginal microbiota composition, prevents vaginal infections in postmenopausal. Probiotics also reduce the symptoms of vaginal infections (e.g., vaginal discharge, odor, etc.), and are thus helpful for the treatment and prevention of BV and VVC. In this review article, we provide information on the intravaginal mechanism of postmenopausal vaginal infections, and describes the effectiveness of probiotics in the treatment and prevention of BV and VVC.
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- Jun-Mo Kim
- Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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Zhang K, Cao N, Guo X, Zou Q, Zhou S, Yang R, Zhao W, Mo X, Liu W, Fu Q. The fabrication of 3D surface scaffold of collagen/poly (L-lactide-co-caprolactone) with dynamic liquid system and its application in urinary incontinence treatment as a tissue engineered sub-urethral sling: In vitro and in vivo study. Neurourol Urodyn 2017; 37:978-985. [PMID: 29058797 DOI: 10.1002/nau.23438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Kaile Zhang
- The Department of Urology; Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Jiaotong University; Shanghai China
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- The Department of Urology; Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Jiaotong University; Shanghai China
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- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory; College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; Donghua University; Shanghai China
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- The Department of Urology; Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Jiaotong University; Shanghai China
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- The Department of Urology; Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Jiaotong University; Shanghai China
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- The Department of Urology; Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Jiaotong University; Shanghai China
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine; Winston-Salem North Carolina
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- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory; College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; Donghua University; Shanghai China
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- Trauma Department of Orthopedics; Shenzhen Second People's Hospital; Shenzhen China
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- The Department of Urology; Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Jiaotong University; Shanghai China
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Sokolis DP, Dimitriou CA, Lelovas P, Kostomitsopoulos NG, Dontas IA. Effect of ovariectomy and Sideritis euboea extract administration on large artery mechanics, morphology, and structure in middle-aged rats. Biorheology 2017; 54:1-23. [PMID: 28339395 DOI: 10.3233/bir-16113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Arterial function is regulated by estrogen, but no consistent pattern of arterial mechanical remodeling in response to depleted estrogen levels is available. OBJECTIVE To examine long-term effects of ovariectomy (OVX) on the mechanical properties, morphology, and histological structure of the carotid artery in middle-aged rats and a potentially protective effect of Sideritis euboea extract (SID), commonly consumed as "mountain tea". METHODS 10-month-old female Wistar rats were allocated into control (sham-operated), OVX, OVX+SID, and OVX+MALT (maltodextrin; excipient used for dilution of SID) groups. They were sacrificed after 6 months and their carotid arteries were submitted to inflation/extension tests and to dimensional and histological evaluation. RESULTS Remodeling in OVX rats was characterized by a decreased in situ axial extension ratio, along with increased opening angle, thickness, and area of the vessel wall and of its medial layer, but unchanged lumen diameter. Compositional changes involved increased elastin/collagen densities. Characterization by the "four-fiber" microstructure-motivated model revealed similar in situ biaxial response of carotid arteries in OVX and control rats. CONCLUSIONS Carotid artery remodeling in OVX rats was largely consistent with hypertensive remodeling, despite the minor arterial pressure changes found, and was not altered by administration of SID, despite previous evidence of its osteo-protective effect.
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- Dimitrios P Sokolis
- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Center of Clinical, Experimental Surgery, and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Center of Clinical, Experimental Surgery, and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory Animal Facility, Center of Clinical, Experimental Surgery, and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Subramani R, Lakshmanaswamy R. Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Breast Cancer. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2017; 151:231-274. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Choi HJ, Kim TH, Kim SA, Kim JM, Lee A, Song HJ, Park YJ. Cell Therapy Products in Menopausal Medicine. J Menopausal Med 2016; 22:71-5. [PMID: 27617240 PMCID: PMC5016506 DOI: 10.6118/jmm.2016.22.2.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The incidence of postmenopausal diseases increases with the age of women. In this review, we introduce cell therapy products, a new treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis, which often occurs in postmenopausal women. We also figure out the trends of research on cell therapy products and emphasize the necessity and importance of this research for researchers and postmenopausal women. Finally, we suggest the direction for improvement of postmenopausal osteoporosis and research on cell therapy products. We investigated which medication have been used so far. We also examined the development and technical problems of technologies that are currently in use.
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- Hye Ji Choi
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University College of Natural Sciences, Asan, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University Graduate School, Asan, Korea.; Department of Medical (CRO), The Way Communications Corporation, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University College of Natural Sciences, Asan, Korea
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University Graduate School, Asan, Korea.; Department of Health Administration and Management, Soonchunhyang University College of Medical Sciences, Asan, Korea
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Abdi F, Mobedi H, Roozbeh N. Hops for Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms: Mechanisms of Action. J Menopausal Med 2016; 22:62-4. [PMID: 27617238 PMCID: PMC5016504 DOI: 10.6118/jmm.2016.22.2.62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Revised: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Menopause is a critical stage of women's life associated with various complaints and distresses. Vasomotor symptoms (VMS), such as hot flushes, night sweats, sleep disturbances, and fatigue, are the most common menopause symptoms affecting about 50% to 80% of middle-aged women. Obviously, these symptoms, resulting from estrogen deficiency during menopause, can exert negative effects on women's health and quality of life and thus require to be managed through approaches such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Many herbal treatments for menopause symptoms contain and its components such as 8-prenylnaringenin, 6-PN, isoxanthohumol and xanthohumol. Recent in-vivo studies have highlighted the ability of 8-prenylnaringenin to reduce serum-luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), to increase serum prolactin levels and uterine weight, and to induce vaginal hyperplastic epithelium. Previous research has shown that hops extract can strongly bind to both estrogen receptors, stimulate alkaline phosphatase activity in Ishikawa cells, and upregulate presenelin-2 and progesterone receptor mRNA in Ishikawa cells. Numerous clinical trials have documented significant reductions in the frequency of hot flushes following the administration of hop-containing preparations. Nevertheless, further clinical trials with larger sample size and longer follow-up are warranted to confirm such benefits.
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- Fatemeh Abdi
- Students' Research Committee, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Biomaterials Department, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
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- Mother and Child Welfare Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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Zhang K, Guo X, Li Y, Fu Q, Mo X, Nelson K, Zhao W. Electrospun nanoyarn seeded with myoblasts induced from placental stem cells for the application of stress urinary incontinence sling: An in vitro study. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2016; 144:21-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.03.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Revised: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Kim TH, Lee HH. Considerations Left behind Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreaks in Republic of Korea. J Menopausal Med 2015; 21:63-4. [PMID: 26356871 PMCID: PMC4561741 DOI: 10.6118/jmm.2015.21.2.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Revised: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Tae-Hee Kim
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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