Herbal Supplements
Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests
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Beschreibung
This book focuses on efficacy, toxicity, drug interactions, and abnormal clinical laboratory tests resulting from the use of herbal remedies. Although a few herbal remedies are safe and have efficacy (for example saw palmetto), many herbal remedies are toxic. This book guides in the interpretation of abnormal test results in otherwise healthy subjects due to use of herbal remedies. Chapters focus on interactions between herbals and pharmaceuticals, sources of contamination in herbal supplements, and analytical techniques used in the investigation of herbal remedies.
Autor*in
Amitava Dasgupta
Themen in »Herbal Supplements«
Alternative Medicine & Complementary Therapies Analytical Chemistry Analytische Chemie Chemie Chemistry Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen Gesundheitsvorsorge Alternative Medizin u. ergänzende Therapien Health & Social Care Toxicology Toxikologie
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"This is a wonderful addition to the field of laboratory medicine.You need this book if you ever have to answer questions on howherbal supplements affect clinical laboratory tests." (Doody's, 23September 2011)
"Summing Up: Recommended. Medical students and clinicians."(Choice, 1 August 2011)
"Even though Americans rely increasingly on alternativemedicine, herbal and traditional remedies do not undergo thetesting for safety and efficacy as pharmaceutical drugs. In thisbook, editors Dasgupta (pathology and laboratory medicine, U. ofTexas Medical School at Houston) and Hammett-Stabler (pathology andlaboratory medicine, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) present abalanced and comprehensive introduction to herbal supplements,emphasizing the pharmacological interactions between herbalsupplements and Western pharmaceuticals". (Booknews, 1 June2011)
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