Contamination and adulteration of herbal medicinal products (HMPs): An overview of systematic reviews

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-307

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adulteration; Contamination; Herbal medicine; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AMINOPHENAZONE; ARSENIC; BREVETOXIN; BREVETOXIN B; CADMIUM; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIGOXIN; FLUOCINOLONE ACETONIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOMETACIN; LEAD; MEFENAMIC ACID; MERCURY; MYCOTOXIN; PESTICIDE; PHENACETIN; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YESSOTOXIN;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARSENIC POISONING; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DUST; FUNGUS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INSECT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEAD POISONING; LIVER FAILURE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENINGITIS; MERCURIALISM; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MICROORGANISM; MOULD; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PARASITE; POLLEN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84876434545     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-012-1353-z     Document Type: Review

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