Herbal Supplements

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Today, many people turn to complementary & alternative medicine practices. Despite their popularity & wide use, these products do not undergo the same premarket testing for safety & efficacy that is required of pharmaceuticals. In Herbal Supplements: Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, & Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests, editors Amitava Dasgupta & Catherine Hammett Stabler present a comprehensive introduction to both safe & unsafe herbal supplements. The book emphasizes the pharmacological interactions identified between Western drugs & herbal supplements, & the effects of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory tests. Herbal Supplements provides a guide to the interpretation of abnormal test results in otherwise healthy subjects due to use of herbal remedies. Focusing on interactions between herbals & pharmaceuticals, sources of contamination in herbal supplements, & analytical techniques used in the investigation of herbal remedies, the book
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- Pharmacological interactions between Western drugs & herbal supplements
- Effects of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory tests
- Key interactions between herbal supplements & various pharmaceutical drugs
- Medicinal plants & toxic effects
- Contamination of herbal supplements from metals, pharmaceuticals, & plant poisoning
- Analytical techniques, including immunoassays, used in the investigation of herbal remedies. Unbiased & literaturebased, this text offers toxicologists, clinical chemists, analysts, & pharmacologists a nononsense take on the efficacy, toxicity, & drug interactions of herbal supplements & medicines.