Issues surrounding the use of herbal therapies for AIDS in endemic regions

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-210

  Bessong, Pascal Obong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiretrovirals; Clinical trials; Ethics; Herbal therapy; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BAISSEA AXILLARIS EXTRACT; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MOLLE EXTRACT; ELAEODENDRON TRANSVAALENSIS EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPOXIS COLCHICIFOLIA EXTRACT; HYPOXIS HEMEROCALLIDAE EXTRACT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BAISSEA AXILLARIS; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMBRETUM MOLLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG USE; ELAEODENDRON TRANSVAALENSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOXIS COLCHICIFOLIA; HYPOXIS HEMEROCALLIDAE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 39149131346     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.11.009     Document Type: Review

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