Echinaforce® and other Echinacea fresh plant preparations in the treatment of the common cold: A randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind clinical trial

Phytomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Brinkeborn, R M ^a   Shah, D V ^b   Degenring, F H ^b  

^a Elisabeth Hospital   (Sweden)

^b Bioforce AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Common cold; Double blind; Echinacea purpurea; Immuno stimulation; Placebo controlled clinical trial; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; COMMON COLD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0033087173     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(99)80027-0     Document Type: Article

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