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Clinical Trial Summary

Objective: To study the effects of Tribulus terrestris on sexuality in postmenopausal women.


Clinical Trial Description

Sexuality is an integral part of every personality, influence thoughts, feelings, actions, integrations, and therefore the physical and mental health. It is estimated that 43% of women have at least one complaint of sexual problem. Disorders of desire and arousal are among the most common problems found in gynecologic practice. Medicinal plants have been used for therapeutic purposes for thousands of years, and aphrodisiac properties described in several plants. Tribulus terrestris is a plant indigenous to India, recommended in the treatment of infertility, low libido and impotence, and its main active ingredient protodioscin (PTN). ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Sexual Functions and Problems in the Adult

NCT number NCT01407445
Study type Interventional
Source Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
Start date January 2009
Completion date May 2011

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