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Research Updates: herbal medicine
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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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Issue 62
Mitra and colleagues, Research and Technical Services The Himalaya Drug Co., Makali, Bangalore, India. hdcrd@bgl.vsnl.net.in investigated the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity1
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Issue 61
SANDOVAL and colleagues, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA sandovm@mail.amc.edu investigated the biochemical mechani1
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Issue 61
CHANG and colleagues, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA 23298, USA evaluated the knowledge and attitudes of pharmacists wit1
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Issue 60
MORELLI and ZOOROB, Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, USA. reviewed alternative therapies with respect to depression, diabetes and obesity<1
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Issue 60
The Properties of Green Tea (no author or affiliation) are reviewed.
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Issue 60
MASAGO and colleagues, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University. mryoko@ergo1.ti.chiba-u.ac.jp investigated the effects of inhalation of essential oils on <1
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Issue 60
WOELK, Klinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universitat Giessen, Licher Strasse 106, D-35394 Giessen, Germany compared St John's Wort and imipramine in treating mild to m1
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Issue 60
GILES and colleagues, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond 23298-0533, USA systematically reviewed echinacea for treatment of the common cold .
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Issue 59
BAUER, Division of Area General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA investigated what clinicians need to know about herbal preparations to counsel patients effectively .
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Issue 59
Bucci, Weider Nutrition International, Salt Lake City, UT 84104-4726, USA. lukeb@weider.com reviewed the effect of selected herbals on human exercise performance<1
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Issue 59
Argento, Tiraferri and Marzaloni, Centro Sorveglianza Anticoagulati, Ospedale Infermi di Rimini discussed oral anticoagulants and medicinal plants . An emerging interaction. [Article in Italian]
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Issue 59
Taylor and Kobak, Dean Foundation for Health Research and Education, Middleton, WI 53562, USA conducted an open-label trial of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Issue 58
BENNETT and BROWN, Methodist Hospital. Omaha, Nebr., USA examined the use of herbal remedies by patients in a health maintenance organization.



