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Research Updates: herbal medicine
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Issue 56
MANN, COX and MARKHAM, Centre for Biostructural and Biomolecular Research, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. c.mann@uws.edu.au described how the outer membrane of Pseudomo1
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Issue 56
EINARSON and colleagues, The Motherisk Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. einarson@sickkids.on.ca described and compared attitudes and practices of physicians and naturopaths towa1
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Issue 56
PERCIVAL, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. ssp@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu reviewed (26 references) the medicinal use of echinacea.
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Issue 56
ROBY and colleagues, Department of Pharmacy, St Agnes Hospital, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA conducted a clinical trial of the effect of St John's Wort on the activity of the metabolic enzyme CYP3A4.
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Issue 56
SCHRADER, Praxis Klinische Arzneimittelforschung, Pohlheim, Germany conducted a clinical trial comparing the effects of St Johns Wort with fluoxetine on mild -moderate depression.
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Issue 55
BERBERINE (No author or institutional assignation) is a plant alkaloid with a long history of medicine use in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine.
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Issue 55
ERNST and PITTLER, Department of Complementary Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Exeter UK performed a systematic review of the evidence from randomized controlled trials for or against the ef1
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Issue 55
PARSONS and colleagues, Westmead Hospital, Australia studied the safety and efficacy of raspberry leaf products consumed by a group of mothers during their pregnancy, by comparison with a group of mothers who did not.
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Issue 54
BIANCHI, Centro Orinetamento Educativo, Milano, Italy writes that clinical evaluation of modern phytotherapy is predominantly carried out today using meta-analysis.
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Issue 54
KELMANSON and colleagues, Research Center for Plant Growth and Development, School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal Pietermaritzburg, Scottsville, South Africa screened plants used in traditional Zulu medicine for antibacterial activity.
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Issue 53
PITTLER and ERNST, Department of complementary Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom. M.H. Pittler@exeter.ac.uk conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the1
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Issue 53
MARKOWITZ and colleagues, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425 USA. markowij@musc.edu studied the effects of St Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum)1
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Issue 52
GASTER and HOLROYD, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA barakg@u.washington.edu conducted a systematic review (40 references) of the Engl1
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Issue 52
KLEPSER and colleagues, Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, Iowa City 52242 USA evaluated the demographics and beliefs regarding safety and efficacy of herbal therapy among1
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Issue 52
ERNST, Department of Complementary Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, UK. E.Ernst@exeter.ac.uk conducted an overview of systematic reviews of h1
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Issue 52
FISHER and colleagues, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Fore Base, TX 78235 USA. charles.fisher@mirage.brooks.af.mil conducted a study and review<1
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Issue 47
REHMAN and colleagues, Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California, San Diego 92161 USA write that little is known about whether treatment with certain medicinal plants can enhance ant1
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Issue 47
REGE and colleagues, Ayurveda Research Centre, Department of Pharmacology and therapeutics, Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, India.kemarc@bom3.vsnl.net.in write that plants from all over the world, including Eleuthe1
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Issue 47
CHANG, Pharmanex Inc., Simi Valley California 93065 USA. jchang@pharmanex.com writes that in the United States traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) are sold as dietary supplements, defined under The dietary Supplement Health an1
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Issue 46
BALES and colleagues, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois USA conducted a survey to assess awareness and use of phytotherapeutic agents for the treatment of urinary tract1