Kombucha: A systematic review of the clinical evidence

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-87

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kombucha (risk, benefit, contamination, infection)

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; KOMBUCHA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; AKATHISIA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTHRAX; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPUTER; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; RASH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; TEA; THORAX PAIN; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTIGO; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ACETOBACTER; BEVERAGES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PICHIA; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037971055     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071667     Document Type: Review

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