Efficacy behind activity - Phytotherapeutics are not different from pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 404-406

  Varoni, Elena Maria ^a   Lodi, Giovanni ^a   Iriti, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Evidence based medicine; Phytotherapy; Pre clinical studies

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; BIOSIMILAR AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOSIMILAR PHARMACEUTICALS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921724821     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2014.923000     Document Type: Article

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