Echinacea

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 385-387

  Charrois, Theresa L ^b   Hrudey, Jessica ^b   Vohra, Sunita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PALLIDA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PROPOLIS; RESIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHINACEA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEG ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOVIRUS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TABLET FORMULATION; TONSILLITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WOUND HEALING; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACTATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

CHILD; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33750587877     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: 15263347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.27-10-385     Document Type: Article

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