Efficacy of herbaceous Apiaceae plants in primary dysmenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs.
- 2026-06
- Review
- Annales pharmaceutiques francaises 84(4)
- Athul Thaliyil Poduval
- Vijaya Lekshmi Ramalekshmi
- Nithya Vijayan Sarangi
- Susdev Karippattil Murali
- Akash Dey
- Bidhan Mahajon
- Meenakshi Pandey
- Ruknuddin Galib
- Sanjay M Jachak
- Tanuja Manoj Nesari
- Meena Shamrao Deogade
- PubMed: 41653970
- DOI: 10.1016/j.pharma.2026.01.005
- Low evidence
- Clinical
The risk of bias assessment showed low risk in randomization and outcome measurement for studies comparing Pimpinella anisumL. and Foeniculum vulgareMill. against placebos. ... The meta-analysis included data from seven studies comparing herbaceous Apiaceae family plants against standard treatments for managing primary dysmenorrhea. The pooled results against standard treatments showed a statistically significant effect with low heterogeneity.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes