Phytotherapies : efficacy, safety and regulation /
Variously defined by its practitioners, phytotherapies include herbal therapies, treatments used by Indigenous peoples around the world, and alternative medicines to classical western drugs. Despite an increasing trend toward the use of phytotherapies for chemoprevention and management of disease in...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
[2015]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Variously defined by its practitioners, phytotherapies include herbal therapies, treatments used by Indigenous peoples around the world, and alternative medicines to classical western drugs. Despite an increasing trend toward the use of phytotherapies for chemoprevention and management of disease in healthcare, the published work about their efficacy and safety is scattered - and scientists need to understand these key issues along with regulatory aspects of phytotherpeutic agents. A number of herbs are likely to cause adverse effects if not properly standardized in clinical trials. Covering. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781119006237 1119006236 9781119006114 1119006112 9781119006039 1119006031 1118268067 9781118268063 |