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050 _aRA1250.H47 2011
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100 _a Amitava Dasgupta
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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
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600 _x Medical / Toxicology
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600 _x Science › Chemistry › General
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600 _xPlants, Medicinal–chemistry.
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600 _xPlants, Medicinal–toxicity.
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600 _x Dietary Supplements–toxicity.
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600 _xHerb-Drug Interactions.
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600 _xPathology, Clinical–methods.
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600 _xPhytotherapy– adverse effects.
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700 _aCatherine A. Hammett-Stabler
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