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Int J Cardiol 2005; (epub ahead of print)
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Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA Cusack C, Buckley C. Compositae dermatitis in a herbal medicine enthusiast.
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Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology Division, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, 226001, India Greenberg JA, Axen KV, Schnoll R, Boozer CN. Coffee, tea and diabetes: the role of weight loss and caffeine.
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2005;
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Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA Halberstein RA. Medicinal plants: historical and cross-cultural usage patterns.
Ann Epidemiol 2005;
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Clin Pharmacol Ther 2005;
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Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA Hsu S. Green tea and the skin.
J Am Acad Dermatol 2005;
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Address: Department of Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-1126, USA Jabbari A, Argani H, Ghorbanihaghjo A, Mahdavi R. Comparison between swallowing and chewing of garlic on levels of serum lipids, cyclosporine, creatinine and lipid peroxidation in renal transplant recipients.
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Medicine (Baltimore) 2005;
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Department of Medicine, University of California – San Francisco, USA Janes SE, Price CS, Thomas D. Essential oil poisoning: N-acetylcysteine for eugenol-induced hepatic failure and analysis of a national database.
Eur J Pediatr 2005;
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Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK Kwok Y, Ng KF, Li CC et al. A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the platelet and global hemostatic effects of Ganoderma lucidum (Ling-Zhi) in healthy volunteers.
Anesth Analg 2005;
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China Lee TK, Johnke RM, Allison RR et al. Radioprotective potential of ginseng.
Mutagenesis 2005;
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Leo W Jenkins Cancer Center, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA Li X, Wang H. Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of chronic kidney disease.
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Moreyra AE, Wilson AC, Koraym A. Effect of combining psyllium fiber with simvastatin in lowering cholesterol.
Arch Intern Med 2005;
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Division of Cardiology Lipid Disorder Center, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine & Dentistry, New Brunswick, USA Murck H, Fava M, Alpert J et al. Hypericum extract in patients with MDD and reversed vegetative signs: re-analysis from data of a double-blind, randomized trial of Hypericum extract, fluoxetine, and placebo.
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2005;
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Lichtwer Pharma GmbH, Berlin, Germany Seely D, Mills EJ, Wu P et al. The effects of green tea consumption on incidence of breast cancer and recurrence of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Integr Cancer Ther 2005;
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Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Setty AR, Sigal LH. Herbal medications commonly used in the practice of rheumatology: mechanisms of action, efficacy, and side effects.
Semin Arthritis Rheum 2005;
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Shahrokh LE, Lukaszuk JM, Prawitz AD. Elderly herbal supplement users less satisfied with medical care than nonusers.
J Am Diet Assoc 2005;
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Silva MI, Sousa FC, Gondim AP. Herbal therapy in primary health care in Maracanau, Ceara, Brazil.
Ann Pharmacother 2005;
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Department of Physiology/Pharmacology, Federal University of Ceara, Brazil Singh YN. Potential for interaction of kava and St. John’s wort with drugs.
J Ethnopharmacol 2005;
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Address: College of Pharmacy, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA Stavro PM, Woo M, Heim TF et al. North American ginseng exerts a neutral effect on blood pressure in individuals with hypertension.
Hypertension 2005;
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Risk Factor Modification Centre, St Michael’s Hospital, 61 Queen St E, 6th Floor, Suite 138, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 2T2 Sundov Z, Nincevic Z, Definis-Gojanovic M et al. Fatal colchicine poisoning by accidental ingestion of meadow saffron-case report.
Forensic Sci Int 2005;
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Hospital Split, Spinciceva 1, 21000 Split, Croatia Sung H, Min WK, Lee W et al. The effects of green tea ingestion over four weeks on atherosclerotic markers.
Ann Clin Biochem 2005;
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Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center and University of College of Medicine, 388-1 Pungnap-dong, Songpa-Gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea Tahvonen RL, Schwab US, Linderborg KM et al. Black currant seed oil and fish oil supplements differ in their effects on fatty acid profiles of plasma lipids, and concentrations of serum total and lipoprotein lipids, plasma glucose and insulin.
J Nutr Biochem 2005;
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Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland Treasure J. Herbal medicine and cancer: an introductory overview.
Semin Oncol Nurs 2005;
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Ulbricht C, Basch E, Boon H et al. Safety review of kava (Piper methysticum) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration.
Expert Opin Drug Saf 2005;
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Natural Standard Research Collaboration, 1 Broadway, 14th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA Vora CK, Mansoor GA. Herbs and alternative therapies: relevance to hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
Curr Hypertens Rep 2005;
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Jim and Pat Calhoun Center for Cardiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3940, USA Vuksan V, Sievenpiper JL. Herbal remedies in the management of diabetes: lessons learned from the study of ginseng.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2005;
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Risk Factor Modification Centre, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada 