Herbal supplements
Subtitle: efficacy, toxicity, interactions with western drugs, and effects on clinical laboratory tests
By: edited by Amitava Dasgupta, Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780470433508
Subjects: Phytotherapy; Chemistry; Methods; Medicinal Plants; Herbs; Drug-herb interactions; Adverse effects; Herb-Drug Interactions; Clinical Pathology; Dietary Supplements; Toxicology; Therapeutic use; Toxicity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to complementary and alternative medicine / Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler; title: Relatively safe herbal remedies / Angela M. Ferguson and Uttam Garg; title: Risk of toxicity associated with unregulated herbal products / Steven W. Cotten; title: Herbal medicines with immunomodulatory effects / Jeffrey K. Actor; title: Kelp and thyroid function / Bruce Rosenzweig; title: Herbal remedies and the patient with chronic kidney disease / Mariana S. Markell; title: Abnormal liver function tests due to hepatotoxic herbs / Amitava Dasgupta and Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler; title: Homeopathic medicine : principle, efficacy and toxicity / Amitava Dasgupta; title: Indian ayurvedic medicines: an introduction / Amitava Dasgupta; title: Tradition and perspectives of Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal medicine / Bashar Saad and Omar Said; title: Licorice and laboratory tests / Salvador F. Sena; title: Drug interactions with St. John's wort / Matthew D. Krasowski and John L. Blau; title: Drug-herb interactions in patients with HIV/AIDS / Natella Y. Rakhmanina and John N. van den Anker; title: Interactions between fruit juices and drugs / Amitava Dasgupta; title: Drug interactions with ginseng and ginkgo biloba / Ashok Tholpady and Semyon A. Risin; title: Drug interactions with garlic and ginger supplements / Charbel Abou-Diwan and James Ritchie; title: Heavy metal toxicity and herbal remedies / Christine L.H. Snozek and Loralie J. Langman; title: Adulteration of herbal remedies with conventional drugs : role of the clinical laboratory / Uttam Garg and Angela M. Ferguson; title: Beyond herbals : an introduction to poisonous plants / Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler; title: Interferences of herbal remedies with immunoassays for therapeutic drugs: focus on Digoxin / Amitava Dasgupta; title: Role of the clinical laboratory in detecting plant poisoning / Ronald W. McLawhon.