The use of herbal medicines in early drug development for the treatment of HIV infections and AIDS

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1355-1364

  Liu, Jianping ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; HIV infection; Randomised controlled trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; CAPSAICIN; CHINESE DRUG; CROFELEMER; CURCUMIN; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GARDENIA JASMINOIDES EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IGM 1; ISATIS TINCTORIA EXTRACT; LAMINARIA JAPONICA EXTRACT; LONICERA JAPONICA EXTRACT; MILLETIA RETICULATA EXTRACT; OLDENLANDIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; QIANKUNNING; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; SPV 30; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZALCITABINE; ZHONGYAN 4; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD TOXICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNITY; ISATIS; LABORATORY TEST; LONICERA; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MILLETIA RETICULATA; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OLDENLANDIA DIFFUSA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; SYMPTOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS LOAD; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; VIROLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 34548590953     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.16.9.1355     Document Type: Review

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