Herbal products: Risks and benefits of use in children

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 724-737

  Snodgrass, Wayne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Herbal products; Pediatrics; Risks

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; BERBERINE; CHAMOMILE; CHINESE DRUG; CYCLOSPORIN; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GUM TRAGACANTH; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; RIFAMPICIN; THEOPHYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALERIAN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BREAST FEEDING; CARCINOGENICITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMFREY; COMMON COLD; CONIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG USE; ECHINACEA; EPHEDRA; GINSENG; GRAFT REJECTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERTENSION; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SABAL; STOMACH ULCER; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERATRUM;

EID: 0035197628     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(01)80079-5     Document Type: Article

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