Effect of Honey on the Common Cold

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-225

  Pourahmad, Morteza ^a   Sobhanian, Saeed ^a  

^a JAHROM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; FLAVONOID; NAPROXEN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; PEROXIDASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HONEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; RHINITIS; RHINORRHEA; SLEEP DISORDER; SNEEZING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; NAPROXEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349207789     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2009.01.001     Document Type: Letter

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