Contamination of botanical dietary supplements by Digitalis lanata

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 806-811

  Slifman, Nancy R ^a   Obermeyer, William R ^a   Aloi, Brenda K ^a   Musser, Steven M ^b   Correll Jr , William A ^a   Cichowicz, Stanley M ^a   Betz, Joseph M ^a   Love, Lori A ^a,c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Ctr for Food Safety and Appl Nutr   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BENTONITE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CELLULASE; COLESTYRAMINE; DIGITALIS; DIGITOXIN; DIGOXIN; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY F(AB) FRAGMENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISPAGULA; LANATOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGITALIS INTOXICATION; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; LANATOSIDES; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTAGO; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLANTS, TOXIC; VOMITING;

EID: 0032541621     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199809173391204     Document Type: Article

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