Herbal supplements : efficacy, toxicity, interactions with western drugs, and effects on clinical laboratory tests
| Other Authors: | Dasgupta,, Hammett-Stabler, |
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| Format: | Reference |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons,
c2011.
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Table of Contents:
- An introduction to complementary and alternative medicine / Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler
- Relatively safe herbal remedies / Angela M. Ferguson and Uttam Garg
- Risk of toxicity associated with unregulated herbal products / Steven W. Cotten
- Herbal medicines with immunomodulatory effects / Jeffrey K. Actor
- Kelp and thyroid function / Bruce Rosenzweig
- Herbal remedies and the patient with chronic kidney disease / Mariana S. Markell
- Abnormal liver function tests due to hepatotoxic herbs / Amitava Dasgupta and Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler
- Homeopathic medicine : principle, efficacy and toxicity / Amitava Dasgupta
- Indian ayurvedic medicines: an introduction / Amitava Dasgupta
- Tradition and perspectives of Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal medicine / Bashar Saad and Omar Said
- Licorice and laboratory tests / Salvador F. Sena
- Drug interactions with St. John's wort / Matthew D. Krasowski and John L. Blau
- Drug-herb interactions in patients with HIV/AIDS / Natella Y. Rakhmanina and John N. van den Anker
- Interactions between fruit juices and drugs / Amitava Dasgupta
- Drug interactions with ginseng and ginkgo biloba / Ashok Tholpady and Semyon A. Risin
- Drug interactions with garlic and ginger supplements / Charbel Abou-Diwan and James Ritchie
- Heavy metal toxicity and herbal remedies / Christine L.H. Snozek and Loralie J. Langman
- Adulteration of herbal remedies with conventional drugs : role of the clinical laboratory / Uttam Garg and Angela M. Ferguson
- Beyond herbals : an introduction to poisonous plants / Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler
- Interferences of herbal remedies with immunoassays for therapeutic drugs: focus on Digoxin / Amitava Dasgupta
- Role of the clinical laboratory in detecting plant poisoning / Ronald W. McLawhon.