Underestimating the toxicological challenges associated with the use of herbal medicinal products in developing countries

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Neergheen Bhujun, Vidushi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ACANTHACEAE; ACORUS CALAMUS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AEGLE MARMELOS; AERVA LANATA; AGRIMONIA PILOSA; ANNICKIA CHLORANTHA; ANNONACEAE; ANONIDIUM MANNII; APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA; APHLOIA THEIFORMIS; APOCYNACEAE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ASTERACEAE; ASTHMA; ASYSTASIA GANGETICA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BARK; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRONCHITIS; BUD; CARAWAY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARISSA EDULIS; CELASTRUS PANICULATA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILL; CHIRATA; CHOLERA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOVE; COLCHICUM LUTEUM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONVULSION; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; COUGHING; CUSCUTA CHINENSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIOSPYROS MELANIDA; DIOSPYROS NERAUDII; DIOSPYROS REVAUGHANII; DIOSPYROS TESSELLERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EBENACEAE; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; EPIMEDIUM BREVICORNUM; ERIGERON BREVISCAPUS; ERYTHROXYLACEAE; ERYTHROXYLUM LAURIFOLIUM; EUPATORIUM TRIPLINERVE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEVER; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERANIACEAE; GERANIUM STRICTIPES; GONORRHEA; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMORRHOID; HEPATITIS; HERB; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA; JUSTICIA GENDARUSSA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LINSEED; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LYCIUM BARBARUM; MALARIA; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MYOPATHY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTMEG; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PINUS ROXBURGHII; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANTAGO ASIATICA; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROSACEAE; RUBUS CHINGII; RUTACEAE; SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SORE THROAT; SPLENOMEGALY; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; THORAX PAIN; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TODDALIA ASIATICA; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UVARIA SCHEFFLERI; VOMITING; WOUND; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; STANDARD;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84885654396     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/804086     Document Type: Review

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