A randomized clinical trial of St. John's wort for smoking cessation

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 761-767

  Sood, Amit ^a   Ebbert, Jon O ^a   Prasad, Kavita ^a   Croghan, Ivana T ^a   Bauer, Brent ^a   Schroeder, Darrell R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO; ST. JOHN WORT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NICOTINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPIRED AIR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING CESSATION; VIVID DREAM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FLOWER; HYPERICUM; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954911055     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0445     Document Type: Article

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