Adulteration of South African traditional herbal remedies

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-89

  Snyman, Tracy ^a   Stewart, Michael J ^a   Grove, Alida ^b   Steenkamp, Vanessa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adulteration; Herbal remedies; South Africa; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DICLOFENAC; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; PROPOFOL; TRIMETHADIONE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER DISEASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERUS RUPTURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DICLOFENAC; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MEDICINE, HERBAL; PROPOFOL; SEIZURES; SOLUTIONS; TRIMETHADIONE; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 13244298982     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200502000-00015     Document Type: Article

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