Herbal Medicine - Links To New Online Articles

Please click on the provided links to access the full text of the following articles:

• Determination of heavy metals for the quality control in argentinian herbal medicines by ETAAS and ICP-OES Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 45, Issue 6, June 2007, Pages 1060-1064María R. Gomez, Soledad Cerutti, Lorena L. Sombra, María F. Silva and Luis D. Martínez

• Peppermint oil (Mintoil®) in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: A prospective double blind placebo-controlled randomized trial Digestive and Liver Disease, Volume 39, Issue 6, June 2007, Pages 530-536G. Cappello, M. Spezzaferro, L. Grossi, L. Manzoli and L. Marzio

• General practitioners and St. John's Wort: A question of regulation or knowledge?Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2007, Pages 142-148H. McGarry, M. Pirotta, K. Hegarty and J. Gunn

• Differences in perceived risks and benefits of herbal, over-the-counter conventional, and prescribed conventional, medicines, and the implications of this for the safe and effective use of herbal products Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2007, Pages 84-91 Natalie Lynch and Dianne Berry

• The in vitro antibacterial activity of dietary spice and medicinal herb extracts International Journal of Food Microbiology, Volume 117, Issue 1, 10 June 2007, Pages 112-119 Bin Shan, Yi-Zhong Cai, John D. Brooks and Harold Corke

• The effects of black cohosh therapies on lipids, fibrinogen, glucose and insulin Maturitas, Volume 57, Issue 2, 20 June 2007, Pages 195-204 Leslie Spangler, Katherine M. Newton, Louis C. Grothaus, Susan D. Reed, Kelly Ehrlich and Andrea Z. LaCroix

• Warfarin interaction with herbal drugs and food International Journal of Cardiology, Volume 119, Issue 1, 25 June 2007, Pages 107-108 Tsung O. Cheng

• Patient-perceived benefit during one year of treatment with Doloteffin® Phytomedicine, Volume 14, Issue 6, 27 June 2007, Pages 371-376S. Chrubasik, C. Chrubasik, O. Künzel and A. Black

• Mulberry leaf powder prevents atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Volume 358, Issue 3, 6 July 2007, Pages 751-756 Akiko Harauma, Toshinori Murayama, Kazuyuki Ikeyama, Hideto Sano, Hidenori Arai, Ryo Takano, Toru Kita, Saburo Hara, Kaeko Kamei and Masayuki Yokode

• The beneficial effects of the herbal medicine Free and Easy Wanderer Plus (FEWP) for mood disorders: Double-blind, placebo-controlled studies Journal of Psychiatric Research, Volume 41, Issue 10, November 2007, Pages 828-836 -Jin Zhang, Wan-Hu Kang, Qiang Li and Qing-Rong Tan

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