MEDLINE-based assessment of animal studies on Chinese herbal medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 545-549

  Tejedor Garcia, Noelia ^a   Garcia Bermejo, Laura ^b   Fernandez Martinez, Ana Belen ^a   Olmos Centenera, Gemma ^a   Kumari, Rajendra ^c   Xu, Qihe ^d   Cheng, Xiaodong ^e,f   Watson, Sue ^c   Lucio Cazaña, Francisco Javier De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO RAMÓN Y CAJAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA IRYCIS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^f TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cancer; Chinese herbal medicine; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

CHINESE MEDICINE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859002911     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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