Pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines: The potential contributions of ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological studies

Drug Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Rodrigues, Eliana ^a   Barnes, Joanne ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; ALKALOID; ANTIDOTE; ATROPINE; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; HARMALINE; HARMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; N,N DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SCOPOLAMINE; TETRAHYDROHARMALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACONITE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUPHORBIACEAE; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICTERIS MUSCOSA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSITTACANTHUS ROBUSTUS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ANIMALS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84876573214     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 11791942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40264-012-0005-7     Document Type: Article

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