Beliveau R, Gingras D. Green tea: prevention and treatment of cancer by nutraceuticals.
Address: R Beliveau
Laboratoire de Medecine Moleculaire, Hôpital, Ste-Justine-UQAM, Centre de Cancerologie, Charles-Bruneau, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada Bonjar S. Evaluation of antibacterial properties of some medicinal plants used in Iran.
J Ethnopharmacol 2004;
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Address: Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural Sciences, Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran Budoff MJ, Takasu J, Flores FR et al. Inhibiting progression of coronary calcification using Aged Garlic Extract in patients receiving statin therapy: a preliminary study.
Address: MJ Budoff
Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute, Torrance, CA 90502, USA Bundy R, Walker AF, Middleton RW et al. Artichoke leaf extract reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and improves quality of life in otherwise healthy volunteers suffering from concomitant dyspepsia: A subset analysis.
J Altern Complement Med 2004; 10: 667–9.
Address: R Bundy
Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition, School of Food Biosciences, The University of Reading, Reading, UK Cao C, Wang H, Sui Y. Knowledge modeling and acquisition of traditional Chinese herbal drugs and formulae from text.
Artif Intell Med 2004;
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Knowledge Acquisition and Sharing Group, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China Crowe S, Lyons B. Herbal medicine use by children presenting for ambulatory anesthesia and surgery.
Paediatr Anaesth 2004;
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Department of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Medicine, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland Dhawan K, Dhawan S, Sharma A. Passiflora: a review update.
J Ethnopharmacol 2004;
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Department of Drugs Control Administration, Government of Haryana State, Sector-6, Panchkula, 134109, India Dietz DM, Varcelotti JR, Stahlfeld KR. Garlic burns: a not-so-rare complication of a naturopathic remedy?
Address: DM Dietz
Department of Surgery, The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA Dona M, Dell’Aica I, Pezzato E et al. Hyperforin inhibits cancer invasion and metastasis.
Cancer Res 2004;
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Department of Experimental Biomedical Sciences, Medical School of Padova, Italy Donovan JL, Chavin KD, Devane CL et al. Green tea (Camellia sinensis) extract does not alter cytochrome P450 3A4 or 2D6 activity in healthy volunteers.
Drug Metab Dispos 2004;
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Address: JL Donovan
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425, USA Donovan JL, DeVane CL, Chavin KD et al. Multiple nighttime doses of valerian (Valeriana officinalis) had minimal effects on CYP 3A4 activity and no effect on CYP 2D6 activity in healthy volunteers.
Drug Metab Dispos 2004;
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Address: JS Markowitz
Medical University of South Carolina, USA Durak I, Aytac B, Atmaca Y et al. Effects of garlic extract consumption on plasma and erythrocyte antioxidant parameters in atherosclerotic patients.
Address: I Durak
Department of Biochemistry, Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey Eadie MJ. Could valerian have been the first anticonvulsant?
Address: Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Ezzo J. A brief history of time: The power of botanical systematic reviews.
J Altern Complement Med 2004; 10: 692–7.
Address: JPS Enterprises, 1905 W Rogers Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA Fennell CW, Lindsey KL, McGaw LJ et al. Assessing African medicinal plants for efficacy and safety: pharmacological screening and toxicology.
J Ethnopharmacol 2004;
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Address: CW Fennell
Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, School of Botany and Zoology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa Fernandes AC, Cromarty AD, Albrecht C, van Rensburg CE. The antioxidant potential of Sutherlandia frutescens.
J Ethnopharmacol 2004;
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Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, PO Box 2034, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa Gelenberg AJ, Shelton RC, Crits-Christoph P et al. The effectiveness of St. John’s Wort in major depressive disorder: A naturalistic phase 2 follow-up in which nonresponders were provided alternate medication.
J Clin Psychiatry 2004; 65: 1114–19.
Address: AJ Gelenberg
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA Halcon L, Milkus K. Staphylococcus aureus and wounds: A review of tea tree oil as a promising antimicrobial.
Am J Infect Control 2004;
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School of Nursing, University of Minnesota and Minnesota Program in CAM Clinical Research, Berman Center for Outcomes and Clinical Research, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, USA Jainu M, Devi CS. Effect of Cissus quadrangularis on gastric mucosal defensive factors in experimentally induced gastric ulcer – a comparative study with sucralfate.
J Med Food 2004; 7: 372–6.
Address: M Jainu
Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, India Jirong Y, Xiaoyan Y, Taixiang W et al. Zhiling decoction for vascular dementia.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004; 4: CD004670.
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Department of Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, 610041, China Katagiri F, Itoh H, Takeyama M. Effect of Sho-hange-ka-bukuryo-to on gastrointestinal peptide concentrations in the plasma of healthy human subjects.
Biol Pharm Bull 2004;
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Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Oita University Hospital, Hasama-machi, Oita, 879–5593, Japan Koo MW, Cho CH. Pharmacological effects of green tea on the gastrointestinal system.
Eur J Pharmacol 2004;
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Address: MW Koo
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, L2-55 Laboratory Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, China Kurz A, Van Baelen B. Ginkgo biloba compared with cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of dementia: A review based on meta-analyses by the Cochrane Collaboration.
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2004;
18: 217–26. [
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Address: A Kurz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany Lee A, Chui PT, Aun CS et al. Possible interaction between sevoflurane and Aloe vera.
Ann Pharmacother 2004;
38: 1651–4. [
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Address: A Lee
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China Lee JC, Lee KY, Kim J et al. Extract from Rhus verniciflua Stokes is capable of inhibiting the growth of human lymphoma cells.
Food Chem Toxicol 2004;
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Division of Biological Sciences and Research Center of Bioactive Materials, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, 561-756, South Korea Li XM, Zhang TF, Sampson H et al. The potential use of Chinese herbal medicines in treating allergic asthma.
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2004; 93(2 Suppl. 1): S35-S44.
Address: XM Li
Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA Martinez-Mir I, Rubio E, Morales-Olivas FJ et al. Transient ischemic attack secondary to hypertensive crisis related to Panax ginseng.
Ann Pharmacother 2004; 38: 1970.
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Hospital Management Valencia University General Hospital Consortium (GUH Foundation) Avda. Tres Cruces s/n, Valencia, 46014, Spain Martin-Facklam M, Rieger K, Riedel KD et al. Undeclared exposure to St. John’s Wort in hospitalized patients.
Br J Clin Pharmacol 2004;
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Department of Internal Medicine VI, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Mohanty I, Singh Arya D, Dinda A et al. Protective effects of Curcuma longa on ischemia-reperfusion induced myocardial injuries and their mechanisms.
Address: I Mohanty
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India Ono Y, Inoue M, Mizukami H, Ogihara Y. Suppressive effect of Kanzo-bushi-to, a Kampo Medicine, on collagen-induced arthritis.
Biol Pharm Bull 2004;
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Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Japan Patra KK, Coffey CE. Implications of herbal alternative medicine for electroconvulsive therapy.
Address: KK Patra
Department of Psychiatry, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA Sengupta S, Toh SA, Sellers LA et al. Modulating angiogenesis: the yin and the yang in ginseng.
Circulation 2004;
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Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Silva I, Idos S, Mangtani P et al. Phyto-oestrogen intake and breast cancer risk in South Asian women in England: findings from a population-based case-control study.
Cancer Causes Control 2004;
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Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK Smith PF, Bullock JM, Booker BM et al. Induction of imatinib metabolism by Hypericum perforatum.
Address: PF Smith
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA Sowmyalakshmi S, Nur-E-Alam M, Akbarsha MA et al. Investigation on Semecarpus Lehyam – a Siddha medicine for breast cancer.
Planta 2004; Oct 28 (Epub ahead of print):
Address: S Sowmyalakshmi
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, Room No. 209D, 900 South Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0200, USA Trapskin P, Smith KM. Herbal medications in the perioperative orthopedic surgery patient.
Orthopedics 2004; 27: 819–22.
Address: P Trapskin
University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA Trautmann-Sponsel RD, Dienel A. Safety of Hypericum extract in mildly to moderately depressed outpatients; A review based on data from three randomized, placebo-controlled trials.
J Affect Disord 2004;
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Address: RD Trautmann-Sponsel
Psychosomatische Klinik GmbH and Co., Schutzenstrasse 16, Windach, 86949, Germany Weinreb O, Mandel S, Amit T, Youdim MB. Neurological mechanisms of green tea polyphenols in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
J Nutr Biochem 2004;
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Eve Topf and USA National Parkinson Foundation Centers of Excellence for Neurodegenerative Diseases Research and Department of Pharmacology, Rappaport Family Research Institute, Technion-Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, 31096, Israel Wu B, Liu M, Zhang S. Dan Shen agents for acute ischaemic stroke.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004; (4): CD004295.
Yang CS, Hong J, Hou Z, Sang S. Green tea polyphenols: antioxidative and prooxidative effects.
J Nutr 2004; 134: 3181S.
Address: CS Yang
Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020, USA Yin X, Zhou J, Jie C et al. Anticancer activity and mechanism of Scutellaria barbata extract on human lung cancer cell line A549.
Address: X Yin
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Zhang M, Lee AH, Binns CW, Xie X. Green tea consumption enhances survival of epithelial ovarian cancer.
Int J Cancer 2004;
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Address: M Zhang
School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia Zhang W, Leonard T, Bath-Hextall F et al. Chinese herbal medicine for atopic eczema.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev; 2004; (4): CD002291.
Address: W Zhang
Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK 