The effects of Cassia auriculata and Cardiospermum halicacabum teas on the steady state blood level and toxicity of carbamazepine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Thabrew, Ira ^a   Munasinghe, Janake ^b   Chackrewarthi, Surekha ^a   Senarath, Susantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Cassia auriculata; Drug interaction; Herbal tea

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM; CASSIA AURICULATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; TEA;

EID: 0346492906     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.09.040     Document Type: Article

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