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050			_aRA1250.H47 2011
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100			_a Amitava Dasgupta _927401
245			_aHerbal Supplements _bEfficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests
250			_a illustrated
260			_bJohn Wiley & Sons _c2011
300			_a 488 pages
520			_aHERBAL SUPPLEMENTS An evenhanded study of pharmacological interactions between Western drugs and herbal supplements Today, a significant percentage of Americans turn to complementary and alternative medicine practices. Despite their popularity and wide use, these products do not undergo the same pre-market testing for safety and efficacy that is required of pharmaceuticals. In Herbal Supplements: Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests, editors Amitava Dasgupta and Catherine Hammett-Stabler present a comprehensive introduction to both safe and unsafe herbal supplements. The book emphasizes the pharmacological interactions identified between Western drugs and herbal supplements, and the effects of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory tests. Herbal Supplements provides a guide to the interpretation of abnormal test results in otherwise healthy subjects due to use of herbal remedies. Focusing on interactions between herbals and pharmaceuticals, sources of contamination in herbal supplements, and analytical techniques used in the investigation of herbal remedies, the book details: Pharmacological interactions between Western drugs and herbal supplements Effects of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory tests Key interactions between herbal supplements and various pharmaceutical drugs Medicinal plants and toxic effects Contamination of herbal supplements from metals, pharmaceuticals, and plant poisoning Analytical techniques, including immunoassays, used in the investigation of herbal remedies Unbiased and literature-based, this text offers toxicologists, clinical chemists, analysts, and pharmacologists a no-nonsense take on the efficacy, toxicity, and drug interactions of herbal supplements and medicines.
600			_x Science / Chemistry / General _927800
600			_x Medical / Toxicology _927801
600			_x Science › Chemistry › General _928638
600			_xPlants, Medicinal–chemistry. _928639
600			_xPlants, Medicinal–toxicity. _928640
600			_x Dietary Supplements–toxicity. _928641
600			_xHerb-Drug Interactions. _928642
600			_xPathology, Clinical–methods. _927905
600			_xPhytotherapy– adverse effects. _928643
700			_aCatherine A. Hammett-Stabler _928644
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