Herbal Supplements (eBook, PDF)

Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests
Redaktion: Dasgupta, Amitava; Hammett-Stabler, Catherine A.

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470910092
• Artikelnr.: 37300369

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Section A: Introduction and Overview. Chapter 1 An Introduction to
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) (Catherine A.
Hammett-Stabler). Chapter 2 Relatively Safe herbal Remedies (Angela M.
Ferguson and Uttam Garg). Chapter 3 Risk of Toxicity Associated with
Unregulated Herbal Products (Steven W. Cotton). Section B: Effects of
Herbal Remedies on Specific Organ Systems. Chapter 4 Herbal Remedies with
Immunomodulatory Effects (Jeffrey K. Actor). Chapter 5 Kelp and Abnormal
Thyroid Functions (Bruce Rosenweig). Chapter 6 Herbal Medications and the
Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease (Mariana S. Markell). Chapter 7
Abnormal Liver Function Tests Due to the Use of Hepatotoxic Herbals
(Amitava Dasgupta and Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler). Chapter 8 Homeopathic
Medicine: Principle, Efficacy and Toxicity (Amitava Dasgupta). Chapter 9
Common Indian Ayurvedic Medicines and Interactions with Western Medicines
(Amitava Dasgupta). Chapter 10 Tradition and Prospective of Arab and
Islamic Herbal Medicine (Bashar Saad and Omar Said). Chapter 11 Licorice
and Laboratory Tests (Salvador F. Sena). Section C: Drug Interactions.
Chapter 12 Drug Interactions with St. John's Wort (Matthew D. Krasowski and
John L. Blau). Chapter 13 Drug-Herb Interactions in Patients with HIV/AIDS
(Natella Y. Rakhmanina and John N. van den Anker). Chapter 14 Interactions
between Fruit Juices and Therapeutic Drugs: Impact on Therapeutic Drug
Monitoring (Amitava Dasgupta). Chapter 15 Drug interactions with Ginseng
and Ginkgo Biloba (Ashok Tholpady and Semyon Risin). Chapter 16 Drug
Interactions with Garlic and Ginger Supplements (Charbel Abou-Diwan and
James Ritchie). Section D: Contamination. Chapter 17 Heavy Metal Toxicity
and Herbal Remedies (Christine LH Snozek and Loralie J Langman). Chapter 18
Contamination of Herbal Remedies with Western Drugs: Role of Clinical
Laboratory (Uttam Garg and Angela M. Ferguson). Chapter 19 Beyond Herbals:
Common Plant Poisonings (Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler). Section E:
Analytical implications. Chapter 20 Interferences of Herbal Remedies with
Immunoassays for Therapeutic Drugs (Amitava Dasgupta). Chapter 21 Role of
Laboratory in Detecting Plant Poisoning (Ronald W. McLawhon).

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