Herbal products for liver diseases: A therapeutic challenge for the new millennium

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1099-1104

  Schuppan, Detlef ^a   Jia, J I Dong ^a,b   Brinkhaus, Benno ^a   Hahn, Eckhart G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELIDONINE; CHINESE DRUG; CPD 861; DITERPENOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PYRROLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIAO CHAI HU TANG;

DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SAFETY;

EID: 0032875149     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300437     Document Type: Review

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