Safety and efficacy of blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) during pregnancy and lactation

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blue cohosh; Breastfeeding; Caulophyllum thalictroides; Lactation; Pregnancy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CAULOPHYLLUM; CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA BASE; DIAPHORESIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; LABOR INDUCTION; LACTATION; MIDWIFE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TERATOGENICITY; TINCTURE; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 38549168892     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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