Journal Name:
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume:
3
Issue:
4
Pages From:
433
To:
439
Date:
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Abstract:
Herbal remedies are widely used for the treatment and prevention of various diseases and
often contain highly active pharmacological compounds. Many medicinal herbs and
pharmaceutical drugs are therapeutic at one dose and toxic at another. Toxicity related to
traditional medicines is becoming more widely recognized as these remedies become
popular in the Mediterranean region as well as worldwide. Most reports concerning the toxic
effects of herbal medicines are associated with hepatotoxicity although reports of other ...
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