A Reason to Season: The Therapeutic Benefits of Spices and Culinary Herbs

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 446-449

  Dog, Tieraona Low ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; BOSWELLIA EXTRACT; CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; CINNAMON EXTRACT; CUMIN EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATA EXTRACT; FENNEL OIL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IVY EXTRACT; LEMON EXTRACT; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PRIMROSE OIL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SALVIA LAVANDIFOLIA EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; THYME OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASIL; BLOATING; BOSWELLIA; BRONCHITIS; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOVE; COLIC; COLORECTAL CANCER; CUMIN; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLATULENCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; IVY; LEMON; META ANALYSIS; MOTION SICKNESS; MUSCLE STRAIN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALVIA; SALVIA LAVANDIFOLIA; SKIN CANCER; SPICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THRUSH; TOOTH PAIN; VAGINA MYCOSIS; VIRAL PHARYNGITIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPICES;

EID: 33748428494     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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