Challenges for phytopharmacovigilance

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 943, 2004, Pages 249-250

  Ernst, E ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; CYTOCHROME P450; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HORMONE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA EXTRACT; NITRATE; SABAL EXTRACT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; CLIMATE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DIZZINESS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DYSURIA; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; GARLIC; GERMANY; HARVESTING; HEARTBURN; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LABELING INDEX; LIBIDO DISORDER; NAUSEA; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; PLANT; PRURITUS; SEASON; SIDE EFFECT; SOIL; VOMITING;

HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

EID: 2442655098     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.021527     Document Type: Editorial

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