Herbal supplements : efficacy, toxicity, interactions with western drugs, and effects on clinical laboratory tests / / edited by Amitava Dasgupta, Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (486 p.)
• Disciplina: 615/.321
• Soggetto topico: Herbs - Toxicology; Herbs - Therapeutic use; Drug-herb interactions
• Altri autori: DasguptaAmitava <1958-> Hammett-StablerCatherine A. <1952->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 1: INTRODUCTION TO COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; 2: RELATIVELY SAFE HERBAL REMEDIES; 3: RISK OF TOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH UNREGULATED HERBAL PRODUCTS; PART II: EFFECTS OF HERBAL REMEDIES ON SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEMS; 4: HERBAL MEDICINES WITH IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS; 5: KELP AND THYROID FUNCTION; 6: HERBAL REMEDIES AND THE PATIENT WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; 7: ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION TESTS DUE TO HEPATOTOXIC HERBS; 8: HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE: PRINCIPLE, EFFICACY, AND TOXICITY ; 9: INDIAN AYURVEDIC MEDICINES: AN INTRODUCTION10: TRADITION AND PERSPECTIVES OF GRECO-ARAB AND ISLAMIC HERBAL MEDICINE; 11: LICORICE AND LABORATORY TESTS; PART III: DRUG INTERACTIONS; 12: DRUG INTERACTIONS WITH ST. JOHN'S WORT; 13: DRUG-HERB INTERACTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HIV/AIDS; 14: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FRUIT JUICES AND DRUGS; 15: DRUG INTERACTIONS WITH GINKGO BILOBA AND GINSENG; 16: DRUG INTERACTIONS WITH GARLIC AND GINGER SUPPLEMENTS; PART IV: CONTAMINATION; 17: HEAVY METAL TOXICITY AND HERBAL REMEDIES ; 18: ADULTERATION OF HERBAL REMEDIES WITH CONVENTIONAL DRUGS: ROLE OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY19: BEYOND HERBALS: AN INTRODUCTION TO POISONOUS PLANTS; PART V: ANALYTICAL IMPLICATIONS; 20: INTERFERENCES OF HERBAL REMEDIES WITH IMMUNOASSAYS FOR THERAPEUTIC DRUGS: FOCUS ON DIGOXIN; 21: ROLE OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY IN DETECTING PLANT POISONING; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Herbal supplements
• ISBN: 9786612883705; 9780470922750; 0470922753; 9781282883703; 1282883704; 9780470910092; 0470910097; 9780470910108; 0470910100
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910678277803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II