The safety of herbal medicine: From prejudice to evidence

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Junhua ^a   Onakpoya, Igho J ^b   Posadzki, Paul ^c   Eddouks, Mohamed ^d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Singapore)

^d MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

BASIC RESEARCH; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; PREJUDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84925638620     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/316706     Document Type: Review

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