A controlled clinical study of Kanjang mixture in the treatment of uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-210

  Thom, Erling ^a   Wollan, Terje ^b  

^a Medstat Research   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Common cold; Efficacy; Herbal extracts; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; EUCALYPTUS OIL; KANJANG; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SORBITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUCUS SECRETION; NOSE CONGESTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 0030998716     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199705)11:3<207::AID-PTR82>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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