How natural are 'natural herbal remedies'? A Saudi perspective

Adverse Drug Reactions and Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 219-229

  Bogusz, Maciej J ^a   Al Tufail, Mohammed ^a   Hassan, Huda ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHINESE DRUG; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPYRONE; FENFLURAMINE; HEAVY METAL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IBUPROFEN; KHELLIN; METHOXSALEN; NORDAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; PHENMETRAZINE; PHENTERMINE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SATIBO WONDERFUL LIFE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VISNAGIN;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CREAM; DERMATITIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG TOXICITY; DRUG USE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INDIGESTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ISCHEMIA; LEUKEMIA; LIQUID; LIVER DISEASE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM; OBESITY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PILL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POWDER; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SIDE EFFECT; VITILIGO; WEIGHT GAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036912388     PISSN: 0964198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03256198     Document Type: Article

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