Suspected hepatotoxicity by Cimicifugae racemosae rhizoma (black cohosh, root): Critical analysis and structured causality assessment

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-84

  Teschke, Rolf ^a   Schwarzenboeck, Alexander ^a  

^a Academic Teaching Hospital Hanau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black cohosh; Cimicifugae racemosae rhizome; Hepatotoxicity; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FLUOXETINE; FOSINOPRIL; IBUPROFEN; INSULIN; LABETALOL; LEVOTHYROXINE; METFORMIN; PARACETAMOL; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER TOXICITY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLANT ROOT; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STEROID THERAPY;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; CIMICIFUGA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOTS;

CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA;

EID: 58149333391     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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