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Herbal Supplements (eBook, ePUB)

Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests

Redaktion: Dasgupta, Amitava; Hammett-Stabler, Catherine A.

Beschreibung

HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS

An evenhanded study of pharmacological interactions between Western drugs and herbal supplements

Today, a significant percentage of Americans turn to complementary and alternative medicine practices. Despite their popularity and wide use, these products do not undergo the same pre-market testing for safety and efficacy that is required of pharmaceuticals. In Herbal Supplements: Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests, editors Amitava Dasgupta and Catherine Hammett-Stabler present a comprehensive introduction to both safe and unsafe herbal supplements. The book emphasizes the pharmacological interactions identified between Western drugs and herbal supplements, and 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 and pharmaceuticals, sources of contamination in herbal supplements, and analytical techniques used in the investigation of herbal remedies, the book details:

• Pharmacological interactions between Western drugs and herbal supplements
• Effects of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory tests
• Key interactions between herbal supplements and various pharmaceutical drugs
• Medicinal plants and toxic effects
• Contamination of herbal supplements from metals, pharmaceuticals, and plant poisoning
• Analytical techniques, including immunoassays, used in the investigation of herbal remedies

Unbiased and literature-based, this text offers toxicologists, clinical chemists, analysts, and pharmacologists a no-nonsense take on the efficacy, toxicity, and drug interactions of herbal supplements and medicines.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz

Barrierefreiheit

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Autor

Dr. Dasgupta immigrated from India to the U.S. in 1980. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and his Fellowship training in Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology from the University of Washington at Seattle. Currently he is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He is the author of over 20 books, has published 182 scientific articles, and is a member of the editorial board of five international periodicals, including the American Journal of Clinical Pathology, the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and the Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Journal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470922750
• Artikelnr.: 37300366

Rezensionen

"Even though Americans rely increasingly on alternative medicine, herbal and traditional remedies do not undergo the testing for safety and efficacy as pharmaceutical drugs. In this book, editors Dasgupta (pathology and laboratory medicine, U. of Texas Medical School at Houston) and Hammett-Stabler (pathology and laboratory medicine, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) present a balanced and comprehensive introduction to herbal supplements, emphasizing the pharmacological interactions between herbal supplements and Western pharmaceuticals". -- Booknews, 1 June 2011