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Article: MECHANISM OF BLACK COHOSH VERSUS HOT FLASHES REVEALED
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 21, 2006
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The University of Illinois at Chicago issued the following news release:
The natural herb black cohosh is commonly used by women to treat menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, but the molecular mechanisms underlying its action have eluded scientists - until now.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the National Institutes of Health Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research have discovered that black cohosh may act on human opiate receptors, which play a role in regulating a body's temperature.
Z. Jim Wang, assistant professor of pharmacology and pharmaceutics, led the study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food ...