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Research Updates: herbal medicine
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Issue 112
KAYE and co-workers, Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA, Alan.Kaye@ttuhsc.edu, have reviewed (110 references) alternative medicine in perioperative anaesthesia. 1
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Issue 111
CALDEFIE-CHEZET and co-workers, Laboratoire de Botanique, Cryptogamie et Microbiologie, Faculte des Sciences, Clermont-Ferrand, France, florence.caldefie-chezet@u-clermont1.fr, have found anti-inflammatory ef1
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Issue 111
GERTSCH and others, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 10 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland, juerg.gertsch@pharma.ethz.ch, have shed some light on the mechanism of1
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Issue 111
TILAK and colleagues, Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India, have studied the antioxidant properties of turmeric used both as a spice and as a medicine.
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Issue 110
KOLL and colleagues, Merck Selbstmedikation GmbH, Roesslerstr. 96, D-64293 Darmstadt, Germany, report on a trial of a comfrey root extract in the treatment of ankle distorsions.
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Issue 109
PARK and colleagues, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Department of Anaesthesiology, Seoul, Korea, have found that post-operative sore throats can be prevented by the application of a capsicum plaster at the Korean hand acupuncture point.
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Issue 109
PLATEL and SRINIVASAN, Department of Biochemistry & Nutrition, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India, have reviewed (48 references) the reputed stimulating action of spices on the digestive system. Abstract: Spices have long b1
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Issue 108
DARSHAN and DORESWAMI, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110 012, India, have reviewed (102 references) patented anti-inflammatory drugs der1
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Issue 108
JIANG and colleagues, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, NSW2006, Australia, have investigated the effects of St John's wort and ginseng on the pharmacokinetics of warfarin in healthy subjects.
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Issue 107
HAMMER and co-workers, Microbiology Discipline, School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, khammer@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, have studied the anti-fungal effects o1
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Issue 106
TAKARADA and colleagues, Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Dental College, 1-2-2 Masago, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-8502, Japan, have compared the antibacterial activities of essential oils against oral pathogens.
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Issue 106
YU and colleagues, Office of Data and Information Management, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, USA, have surveyed the use of herbal supplements amongst women in the USA.
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Issue 105
KUMAR and SHANMUGASUNDARAM, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai 600 113, India, introduce Amrita Bindu, an antioxidant inducer therapy for childhood asthma.
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Issue 105
MUELLER and colleagues, Center of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, silke.mueller@med.uni-rostock.de, have investigated the effect of the dose 1
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Issue 103
LEHRL, Clinic and Policlinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Schwabachanlage 6, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, reports the results of a multicentre randomized placebo-controll1
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Issue 103
SHERRY and colleagues, OR Design Unit, University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital, PO Box 63, Penrith, NSW 2750, Australia, esherry@bigpond.com, present the first report of treatment of chronic multidrug-resistant osteomyelitis with 1
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Issue 102
GOEL and colleagues, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of a standardized preparation of Echinacea in the treatment of common colds.
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Issue 101
HOWES and HOUGHTON, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Jodrell Laboratory, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK, have reviewed (250 references) the plants used in Chinese and Indian traditional medicine for the improvement of memory and cognitive function. Abstract:
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Issue 98
HAMMER and colleagues, Discipline of Microbiology, School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, khammer@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, have investigated the 1
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Issue 97
HAMMERand colleagues, Discipline of Microbiology, School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia, khammer@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, have tested the components of tea tree1
