Dietary supplements for treatment of endometriosis: A review.
Pınar Yalçın Bahat, Işıl Ayhan, Eda Üreyen Özdemir, Ümit İnceboz, Engin Oral
Abstract
As search for optimal therapy continues for endometriosis, aid of dietary supplements is gaining attention. Supplements can be used for their anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-proliferative and immune modulatory charactheristics. We reviewed the literature, evaluated and synthesized effects of vitamin D, zinc, magnesium, omega 3, propolis, quercetin, curcumin, N-acetylcysteine, probiotics, resveratrol, alpha lipoic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and epigallocatechin-3-gallate. Based on results of in vitro, animal and human studies, it might be safe to say that dietary supplements can be used as a complementary treatment for endometriosis.
Topics & Concepts
CurcuminEndometriosisResveratrolVitamin EAlpha-Lipoic AcidMedicineVitamin CNutraceuticalAntioxidantImmune systemPharmacologyVitaminLipoic acidPolyphenolPropolisTraditional medicineChemistryInternal medicineImmunologyBiochemistryPathologyEndometriosis Research and TreatmentVitamin D Research Studies