Safety and efficacy of ginkgo (ginkgo biloba) during pregnancy and lactation

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Dugoua, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Mills, Edward ^c   Perri, Daniel ^d   Koren, Gideon ^b,d  

^a CANADIAN COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Ginkgo; Ginkgo biloba; Lactation; Pregnancy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BUSPIRONE; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; CYTOCHROME P450 3A5; FLUOXETINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HYPERICUM EXTRACT; INSULIN; MELATONIN; MENSTRUATION INDUCING AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRAZODONE; WARFARIN;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTHMA; BLEEDING TIME; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LACTATION; LD 50; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PREGNANCY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SCABIES; SEIZURE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TINNITUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VERTIGO;

EID: 33750707537     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: 17106222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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