Pueraria Mirifica and Increased Apolipoprotein A-1 Level

• Pueraria mirifica phytoestrogens improve dyslipidemia in postmenopausal women probably by activating estrogen receptor subtypes.

  • 2008
  • RCT
  • The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine 216(4)
  • • Shinichi Okamura
    • Yoshie Sawada
    • Teturou Satoh
    • Hironosuke Sakamoto
    • Yuichiro Saito
    • Hiroyuki Sumino
    • Takako Takizawa
    • Toshiaki Kogure
    • Chiayo Chaichantipyuth
    • Yoshihiro Higuchi
    • Tsutomu Ishikawa
    • Tetsuo Sakamaki

  • PubMed: 19060449
  • DOI: 10.1620/tjem.216.341

  6 Insights on

  • Increased Apolipoprotein A-1 Level

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  the PM group showed a significant increase in serum concentrations of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and apolipoprotein (apo) A-1 (34% and 40%, respectively)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes