Phytotherapy in cardiovascular diseases: From ethnomedicine to evidence based medicine

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-247

  Burta, Ovidiu ^a   Tirlea, Felicia ^a   Burta, Olivia Ligia ^a   Qadri, Syed Minnatullah ^a,b  

^a University of Oradea   (Romania)

^b NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Ethnopharmacology; Evidence based medicine; Folk medicine; Herbal medicine; Phytotherapy

Indexed keywords

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; AJMALINE; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINIDINE; RESERPINE; SALICYLIC ACID; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VITEX DODIANA EXTRACT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM; MORTALITY; PAIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; SENNA; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITEX; VITEX DODIANA;

CRATAEGUS; GINKGO (GENUS);

EID: 52349123753     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.242.247     Document Type: Article

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