Complementary Health Sciences - Links To New Articles

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• Use of complementary therapies by Australian women with breast cancer The Breast, June 2008 T. Kremser, A. Evans, A. Moore, K. Luxford, S. Begbie, A. Bensoussan, R. Marigliani and H. Zorbas

• Changing patterns of CAM use among prostate cancer patients two years after diagnosis: Reasons for maintenance or discontinuation Complementary Therapies in Medicine, June 2008 Matthew Porter, Elissa Kolva, Richard Ahl and Michael A. Diefenbach

• Acanthus montanus: an experimental evaluation of the antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immunological properties of a traditional remedy for furuncles Okoli C, Akah P, Onuoha N, Okoye T, Nwoye A, Nworu C BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008

• Screening of some tanzanian medicinal plants from bunda district for antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activities Journal of Ethnopharmacology,June 2008 Sheila Mgole Maregesi

• Ethnopharmacological studies on antispasmodic and antiplatelet activities of Ficus carica Journal of Ethnopharmacology, June 2008 Anwarul Hassan Gilani, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Arif-ullah Khan and Sheikh Arshad Saeed

• Extruded Products with Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecium) Chickpea and Rice: Physical properties, Sensory acceptability and Glyceamic index Journal of Food Engineering, June 2008 Gamlath Shirani and Ravindran Ganesharanee

• Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) for menopausal symptoms: A systematic review of its efficacy Pharmacological Research, June 2008 Francesca Borrelli and Edzard Ernst

• Hepatoprotective potential of Fumaria indica Pugsley whole plant extracts, fractions and an isolated alkaloid protopine Anshu Rathi, Arvind Kumar Srivastava, Annie Shirwaikar, Ajay Kumar Singh Rawat and Shanta Mehrotra

• Growth inhibitory activity of extracts and compounds from Cimicifuga species on human breast cancer cells Linda Saxe Einbond, Ye Wen-Cai, Kan He, Hsan-au Wu, Erica Cruz, Marc Roller and Fredi Kronenberg

• Impact of herbal medicines on physical impairment C. Chrubasik, A. Black, U. Müller-Ladner and S. Chrubasik

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