An investigation into the efficacy of Scutellaria lateriflora in healthy volunteers

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-78

  Wolfson, Philip E ^a,b   Hoffmann, David L ^a  

^a Phytos Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,3' DINITROFLAVONE; ALPHA CUBUBENE; APIGENIN; BAICALEIN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSIN; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; HUMULENE; KAVA; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCUTELLAREIN; SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; WOGONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER TOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCUTELLARIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037336481     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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