Botanical medicine for thyroid regulation

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 107-112

  Yarnell, Eric ^a,b   Abascal, Kathy ^a  

^a Botanical Medicine Academy   (United States)

^b BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMORACIA RISTICANA EXTRACT; ASHWAGANDA; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; COLEUS FORSKOHLII EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA MUKUL EXTRACT; CONVOLVULUS PURICAULIS EXTRACT; COUMARIC ACID; FUCUS VESICULUS EXTRACT; LEONURUS CARDIACA EXTRACT; LITHOSPERMIC ACID; LITHOSPERMUM EXTRACT; LITHOSPERMUM OFFICINAL EXTRACT; LITHOSPERMUS ARYTHRHIZON EXTRACT; LYCOPUS AMERICANUS EXTRACT; LYCOPUS EUROPAEUS EXTRACT; LYCOPUS LUCIDUS EXTRACT; LYCOPUS VIRGINICUS EXTRACT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS EXTRACT; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; RORIPPA EXTRACT; ROSMARINIC ACID; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; THYRONIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERBASCUM THAPSUS EXTRACT; WITHANIA SOMNIFER EXTRACT;

BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA PURUPUREA; BLADDERWRACK; BUGLEWEED; CANTELLA ASIATICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLEUS; COLEUS FORSKOHLII; COMMIPHORA; CONVOLVULUS; CONVOLVULUS PURICAULIS; EUROPEAN GROMWELL; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULUS; GOTU KOLA; GROMWELL; GUGGUL; GYPSWORT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORSERADISH; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEMONBALM; LEONURUS; LEONURUS CARDIACA; LITHOSPERMUM; LITHOSPERMUM ERYTHRHIZON; LITHOSPERMUM OFFICINALE; LITHOSPERMUM RUDEROLE; LIVER TOXICITY; LYCOPUS; LYCOPUS AMERICANUS; LYCOPUS EUROPAEUS; LYCOPUS LUCIDUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS; REVIEW; ROSEMARY; SAGE; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SIDE EFFECT; THYROID DISEASE; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; WATER HOREHOUND; WATERCRESS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 33745435370     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.2006.12.107     Document Type: Review

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