Herb-drug interactions: An overview of systematic reviews

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 603-618

  Posadzki, Paul ^a   Watson, Leala ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug interactions; Herbal medicine; Safety; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LAXATIVE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACTAEA RACEMOSA; ALOE VERA; ARTICLE; BOSWELLIA SERRATA; BRADYCARDIA; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; CARDIOTOXICITY; CAULOPHYLLUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CINNAMOMUM; CNICUS; CRATAEGUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; CURCUMA LONGA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHINACEA; FIBROSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFLAMMATION; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENNA; SHOCK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEA;

HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84873477369     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04350.x     Document Type: Article

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