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J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med

Title:		Investigating Chemical Composition and Indications of Hydrosol Soft Drinks (Aromatic Waters) Used in Persian Folk Medicine for Women's Hormonal and Reproductive Health Conditions
Author(s):		Hamedi A; Afifi M; Etemadfard H;
Address:		"1 Medicinal Plants Processing Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. 2 Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. 3 Student Research Committee, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran"
Journal Title:		J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med
Year:		2017
Volume:		20170713
Issue:		4
Page Number:		824 - 839
DOI:		10.1177/2156587217717413
ISSN/ISBN:		2156-5899 (Electronic) 2156-5872 (Print) 2156-5899 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Hydrosol soft drinks in Persian nutrition culture are produced as side products of the essential oil industry to be used as safe remedies for treatment of some ailments. This study investigated hydrosols for women's hormonal health conditions. Detailed information was gathered by questionnaires. Chemical constituents of these mono- or poly-herbal hydrosols were identified after liquid/liquid extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Hierarchical cluster and K-means analysis (SPSS software) were used to find their relevance. A literature survey was also performed. In most cases, thymol, carvacrol, and carvone were the major constituents except for dill, white horehound, willow, Moderr, and yarrow hydrosols, whose their major components were dill ether, menthol, phenethyl alcohol, linalool, or camphor. Based on clustering methods, some similarities could be found in their constituents with some exceptions. None of them have been studied scientifically before. These investigations may lead to the development of some functional drinks or even new lead components"
Keywords:		"*Beverages Cymenes Drug Compounding/methods Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Humans Iran Medicine, Traditional/methods *Monoterpenes/analysis/pharmacology *Phenylethyl Alcohol/analysis/pharmacology *Plant Extracts/analysis/classification/pharma;"
Notes:		"MedlineHamedi, Azadeh Afifi, Mehdi Etemadfard, Hamed eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2017/07/14 J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2017 Oct; 22(4):824-839. doi: 10.1177/2156587217717413. Epub 2017 Jul 13"