Herbal medicines for cardiovascular diseases

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xiong, Xingjiang ^a   Borrelli, Francesca ^b   De Sá Ferreira, Arthur ^c   Ashfaq, Tabinda ^d   Feng, Bo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Augusto Motta University Center   (Brazil)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOSTASIS; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84916244117     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/809741     Document Type: Editorial

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