Botanical dietary supplements are increasingly popular for women's health, particularly for
older women. The specific botanicals women take vary as a function of age. Younger …

Herb-herb combinations have been used in Chinese medicine practice for thousands of
years, yet scientific evidence of their therapeutic benefits is lacking. With increasing interest …

Supported by a usage history that predates written records and the perception that “natural”
ensures safety, herbal products have increasingly been incorporated into Western health …

An interaction of drug with food, herbs, and dietary supplements is usually the consequence
of a physical, chemical or physiologic relationship between a drug and a product consumed …

Increasing and inadvertent use of herbs makes herb‐drug interactions a focus of research.
Concomitant use of warfarin, a highly efficacious oral anticoagulant, and herbs causes major …

The concurrent use of drugs and herbal products is becoming increasingly prevalent over
the last decade. Several herbal products have been known to modulate cytochrome P450 …

Medicinal plant use plays an important role in the healthcare of many South Africans.
Furthermore, in orthodox medicine, conventional antimicrobial agents are amongst the most …

The potential of licorice dietary supplements to interact with drug metabolism was evaluated
by testing extracts of three botanically identified licorice species (Glycyrrhiza glabra L …

PURPOSE: Green tea is a traditional beverage that has been enjoyed by the Japanese to
this day. Recently, there has been an increase in the consumption of green tea beverage …

Aflatoxicosis is a deleterious medical condition that results from aflatoxins (AFs) or
ochratoxins (OTs). Contamination with these toxins exerts detrimental effects on the liver …