Randomized trial of a fixed combination (KanJang®) of herbal extracts containing Adhatoda vasica, Echinacea purpurea and Eleutherococcus senticosus in patients with upper respiratory tract infections

Phytomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 539-547

  Narimanian, M ^a   Badalyan, M ^a   Panosyan, V ^a   Gabrielyan, E ^b   Panossian, A ^b   Wikman, G ^c   Wagner, H ^d  

^a YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^b Guelbenkian Research Laboratory   (Armenia)

^c Swedish Herbal Institute   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhatoda vasica; Bromhexine; Bronchitis; Controlled parallel group clinical trial; Echinacea purpurea; Eleutherococcus senticosus; Fixed combination; KanJan

Indexed keywords

ADHATODA VASICA EXTRACT; BROMHEXINE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS EXTRACT; KANJANG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCUS; NOSE CONGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADHATODA; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHINACEA; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ECHINACEA PURPUREA; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS; JUSTICIA ADHATODA;

EID: 21744449455     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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