Echinacea for preventing and treating the common cold

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 618-619

  Karsch Völk, Marlies ^a   Barrett, Bruce ^b   Linde, Klaus ^a   McDermott, Mary McGrae ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT;

COMMON COLD; DISEASE DURATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PLANT ROOT; RASH; REVIEW; TASTE DISORDER; ECHINACEA; PHYTOTHERAPY;

COMMON COLD; ECHINACEA; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84922509877     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.17145     Document Type: Review

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