The design and evaluation of placebo material for crude herbals: Artemisia afra herb as a model

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 448-451

  Dube, A ^a   Manthata, L N ^a   Syce, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artemisia afra; Crude herbal material; Herbal placebo design; HPLC; Muscle relaxant activity; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PLANT LEAF; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TASTE; TRACHEA MUSCLE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ARTEMISIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GUINEA PIGS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ODORS; PLACEBOS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TASTE; TRACHEA;

ARTEMISIA AFRA; CAVIA;

EID: 34248195150     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2084     Document Type: Article

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