Uncaria tomentosa for reducing side effects caused by chemotherapy in CRC patients: Clinical trial

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schetinger, M R C ^a   Farias, I L G ^a   Araujo M C S ^a   Farias, J G ^a   Rossato, L V ^a   Elsenbach, L I ^a   Dalmora, S L ^a   Flores, N M P ^a   Durigon, M ^a   Cruz, I B M ^a   Morsch, V M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; OXALIPLATIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRY SKIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNE STATUS; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80053519342     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/892182     Document Type: Article

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