A Critical Approach to Evaluating Clinical Efficacy, Adverse Events and Drug Interactions of Herbal Remedies

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 691-700

  Izzo, Angelo A ^a   Hoon Kim, Sung ^b   Radhakrishnan, Rajan ^c   Williamson, Elizabeth M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Robert C Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dietary supplements; elderly subjects; herb drug interaction; nutraceuticals; pregnancy; safety; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CODONOPSIS PILOSULA EXTRACT; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LINSEED OIL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PANAX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT; PLACEBO; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; SABAL EXTRACT; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALERIAN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMON COLD; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERTENSION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIVER TOXICITY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIGRAINE; MOUTH ULCER; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NAUSEA; PHLEBITIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; RASH; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TINNITUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

FEMALE; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84965064402     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5591     Document Type: Review

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