Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Aller-7 in patients with allergic rhinitis

Research Communications in Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages

  Vyjayanthi, G ^a   Shetty, Subhashchandra ^a   Saxena, Vinod S ^b   Nadig, Prathibha D ^b   Venkateshwarlu, K ^b   Serene, A ^a   Sathyan, Sharat ^a   Bagchi, Debasis ^c   Kulkarni, Chanda ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLER 7; ALLERGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLACK PEPPER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FORMULATION; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; FEMALE; GINGER; HAY FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NOSE CONGESTION; PIPER LONGUM; PRODUCTIVITY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SNEEZING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINALIA BELLERICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA;

ACARI; ALBIZIA; ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ANIMALIA; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PIPER LONGUM; PIPER NIGRUM; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 0345239728     PISSN: 10871101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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