Positive Health Online

Issue 68

SCHNITZLER and colleagues, Department of Virology, Hygiene Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany, examined the antiviral effects of Australian tea tree oil (TTO) and eucalyptus oil (EUO)

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Issue 68

GOVINDAN and GOVINDAN, Department of Chemistry, Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA 01420, USA, mgovindan@fsc.edu, evaluated the usefulness of thin-layer chromatography (TLC)<1

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Issue 67

The perennial shrub, PETASIDES HYBRIDUS, has been used medicinally for centuries. In this monograph the history of its use is traced, and the plant is described in its appearance and its common names (butterbur in English). Currently t1

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Issue 67

CHING, Deakin University, Burwood, studied the application of aromatherapy, and specifically lavender, in acute pain relief .

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Issue 67

MACKAY, Thorne Research, 4616 SE 30th, Portland, OR 97202, USA, mackaynd@earthlink.net, has reviewed (70 references) treatment options for haemorrhoids and 1

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Issue 66

MAHADY, Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA reviews (15 references, and discusses the increasing global importance o1

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Issue 64

BECKMAN, SOMMI and SWITZER , Department of Psychiatry, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Western Missouri Mental Health Center, Missouri 64108-2792, USA conducted a telephone survey o1

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Issue 64

BINNS and colleagues, Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology, University of Ottawa, Canada evaluated the phototoxic antimicrobial (antifungal) activity of Echinacea extracts.

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Issue 64

ABE and SAITO, Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan reviewed recent evidence of the effects of saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

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Issue 64

SAEKI, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Nagano College of Nursing, Japan investigated the effect of a foot bath with or without lavender essential oil on the autonomic nervous system .

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Issue 64

SCHEMPP and colleagues, Department of Dermatology, Photodermatology Unit, University Medical Center, Haupstr. 7, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany investigated immunomodulatory properties of St John's wort (Hypericum perforatu1

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Issue 64

CHAN and TOMLINSON, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Taipei Medical College, Taipei Wan Fang Hospital, Taiwan examined the antioxidant effects of trilinolein, a triacylglycerol i1

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Issue 63

MILLER and colleagues, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, New York 12208, USA, millermj@mail.amc.edu carried out studies to evaluate, in 1

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Issue 63

TSEN and colleagues, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA quantified the use of herbal remedies and vitamins in the 1

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Issue 63

BRENNER and colleagues, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York 11691, USA compared hypericum (St. John's wort) to the serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) sertraline for the treatment of 1

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Issue 63

MAY and colleagues, Microbiology Department, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK investigated the kill rate and kill time of tea tree oil against several multidrug-resistant microorganisms and other sensi1

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Issue 62

Samuelsen, Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1068, Blindern, N-0316, Oslo, Norway. a.b.samuelsen@farmasi.uio.no reviewed (155 references) the traditional uses, chemical constituents1

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Issue 62

Schey and colleagues, Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA. investigated the photooxidation properties of hypericin (the act1

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Issue 62

Mongelli and colleagues, Departamento de Quimica Organica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon 2, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina, investigated the cytotoxic and DNA interaction activ1

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Issue 62

LaFrance Jr and colleagues, Department of Neurology, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA. clafrance@pol.net reported on use of herbal alternative medici1

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