Single-dose and steady-state administration of Hypericum perforatum extract (St John's wort) does not influence skin sensitivity to uv radiation, visible light, and solar-simulated radiation [10]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 512-513

  Schempp, C M ^a   Muller K ^a   Winghofer, B ^a   Schulte Monting J ^a   Simon, J C ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LETTER; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STEADY STATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; PERYLENE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035049906     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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3. Single-dose and steady-state pharmacokinetics of hypericin and pseudohypericin
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