International Journal of Women's Health Care(IJWHC)

Dep. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Westfalische WilhemsUniversität Münster, Germany

Publications

• Review Article   
  Pycnogenol, a Plant Extract for Womens Health
  Author(s): Peter Rohdewald*
  
  The extract from the bark of the French maritime pine (Pinus pinasterAiton, subsp. atlantica), marketed as Pycnogenol® (Horphag Research, Ltd.), offers a wide range of benefits for women’s health and well-being. The present review summarizes results of clinical studies related to sex-specific diseases and troubles, affecting the reproductive system, as well as to some sex related diseases, which are more prevalent in women compared to men. The sex-specific diseases and troubles, which could be ameliorated by Pycnogenol, comprise dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, and low-back pain during pregnancy, post-partum hemorrhoids, menopausal symptoms and sexual behavior. The sex-related diseases, manifesting themselves predominantly in women, and having successfully treated with Pycnogenol, are venous diseases, as chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and ulcers, osteoarthritis (OA) and cosm.. Read More»
  

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