Safety of herbal medicinal products: Echinacea and selected alkylamides do not induce CYP3A4 mRNA expression

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kortenkamp, Andreas ^a   Modarai, Maryam ^a   Silva, Elisabete ^a   Suter, Andy ^b   Heinrich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Bioforce AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; DODEC 2 ENE 8,10 DIYONIC ACID ISOBUTYLAMIDE; DODECADIENOIC ACID ISOBUTYLAMIDE; DODECATETRAENOIC ACID ISOBUTYLAMIDE; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; MESSENGER RNA; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECA ENE 8,10 DIYONIC ACID ISOBUTYLAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEADY STATE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 79955088016     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep174     Document Type: Article

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