Herb-drug interactions have turned out not to be a major issue in the European regulatory landscape. For a minority of herbal preparations, herb-drug interactions are clinically relevant, e.g., between high-dose St.John's wort extracts and a number of chemical substances. The inclusion of adequate information on such interactions into the package leaflet is important for the safe use of the pro...

StĂĄle vĂ­ce pacientĹŻ vyhledĂĄvĂĄ samoléčebnĂŠ postupy, včetně fytoterapie, jejĂ­Ĺž popularita neustĂĄle roste. Pacienti se mylně domnĂ­vajĂ­, Ĺže je uŞívĂĄnĂ­ rostlinnĂ˝ch přípravkĹŻ naprosto bezpečnĂŠ. Kromě moĹžnĂŠ toxicity samotnĂŠ rostliny zde objevuje i riziko lĂŠkovĂ˝ch interakcĂ­. NejvĂ­ce ohroĹženou skupinou jsou lidĂŠ nad 65 let, pacienti s polyfarmaciĂ­, polymorbidnĂ­, pĹ...

Medicinal plants have been a major source of therapeutic agents for alleviation and cure diseases. In the present investigation comparative analysis of antimicrobial activity of green tea Camellia sinensis fresh leaves, commercial green tea leaves and dust tea against enteropathogens and specific fungi were carried out. The antimicrobial activity of the extracts of Camellia sinensis was analyze...

Abstract Introduction Herbal weight loss remedies are produced from various plant species which could accumulate heavy metals the environment. The consumption of contaminated herbal preparations be a source consumer exposure to toxic metals. aim study was evaluate content cadmium in selected products available on Polish market, determine consumers metal included infusions prepared studied and r...

Currently experts are actively working on Russian specifications for herbal drugs, drug preparations, and medicinal products, specifically analytical procedures to evaluate the quality of these medicines. The aim this study was provide a scientific basis improving qualitative quantitative analysis preparations products containing phenolic compounds. It shown that chemical nature, physicochemica...

OBJECTIVE In this study, the current literatures on the use of herbs and herbal preparations of Traditional Chinese and Indian Medicine for the treatment of opioid addiction were reviewed. Matherials and Methods: Search was done in databases such as Pub Med, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer Link, and Google Scholar. RESULTS Among 18 retrieved studies, 3 studies were about asafetida extract, a...