Cistus incanus (CYSTUS052) for treating patients with infection of the upper respiratory tract. A prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical study

Antiviral Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-271

  Kalus, Ulrich ^a   Grigorov, Alexandre ^a   Kadecki, Oliver ^b   Jansen, Jan Peter ^c   Kiesewetter, Holger ^a   Radtke, Hartmut ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Medical Praxis for General Medicine   (Germany)

^c Medical Center for Anaesthesiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cistus incanus; CYSTUS052; Infection of the upper respiratory tract; Score of subjective symptoms

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CISTUS INCANUS EXTRACT; CYSTUS 052; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CISTUS; CISTUS INCANUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CISTUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

CISTUS; CISTUS INCANUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 70449715082     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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