Does St. John's wort have an effect on autonomic responses of cutaneous circulation?

Microvascular Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-272

  Mueck Weymann, M ^a   Tritt, K ^a   Moesler, T ^a   Rechlin, T ^a   Joraschky, P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JARSIN 300; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASOCONSTRICTION;

SAINT JOHNS WORT;

EID: 0031935530     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1997.2048     Document Type: Article

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