Safety of traditional Arab herbal medicine

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-439

  Saad, Bashar ^a,b,c   Azaizeh, Hassan ^a,b   Abu Hijleh, Ghassan ^c   Said, Omar ^a,b  

^a Galilee Society   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Arab herbal medicine; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); In vitro; In vivo; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; ANTIDOTE; APIUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; ARSENIC; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CHINESE DRUG; COMFREY EXTRACT; CYDONIA VULGARIS EXTRACT; ERYNGIUM CRETICUM EXTRACT; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; IRON; KAVA EXTRACT; LARREA DIVERICATA EXTRACT; LEAD; MERCURY; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POISON; RHEUM RIBES EXTRACT; RHUS CORIARIA EXTRACT; ROSA CANINA EXTRACT; SALIX ALBA EXTRACT; SENECIONINE; SMILAX OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIOLA ODORATA EXTRACT; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD TOXICITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CYDONIA VULGARIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYNGIUM CRETICUM; EVALUATION; FICUS CARICA; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS; INTOXICATION; IRON OVERLOAD; KNOWLEDGE; LEAD POISONING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MERCURIALISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PALM TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RHEUM RIBES; RHUS CORIARIA; ROSA CANINA; ROSE; SALIX ALBA; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; TERATOGENICITY; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VEIN OCCLUSION; VIOLA ODORATA; WHEAT;

EID: 33845431356     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel058     Document Type: Review

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