Herbal Medicine - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Recipe for uncovering the bioactive components in herbal medicine.

30 Aug 2009 Using whole chromatographic profiles and measurements of total bioactivity as input, a quantitative pattern-activity relationship (QPAR) approach is proposed as a general method for providing two pieces of crucial information about complex bioactive ... Read more...

Development and evaluation of an instrument for the critical appraisal of randomized controlled trials of natural products.

21 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: The efficacy of natural products (NPs) is being evaluated using randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with increasing frequency, yet a search of the literature did not identify a widely accepted critical appraisal instrument developed ... Read more...

A strategy for evaluating antipyretic efficacy of Chinese herbal medicines based on UV spectra fingerprints.

9 Apr 2009 ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Quality analysis and control of Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) or herbal medicines (HM) are being more and more investigated based on fingerprint analysis, and there are also some researches on correlating ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Herbal Medicine - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Recipe for uncovering the bioactive components in herbal medicine. 30 Aug 2009
• Development and evaluation of an instrument for the critical appraisal of randomized controlled trials of natural products. 21 Apr 2009
• A strategy for evaluating antipyretic efficacy of Chinese herbal medicines based on UV spectra fingerprints. 9 Apr 2009
• Japanese herbal medicine in functional gastrointestinal disorders. 23 Mar 2009
• Natural product analysis over the last decades. 2 Mar 2009
• Unique aspects of herbal whole system research. 27 Feb 2009
• Effects of Japanese herbal medicine, Kampo, on human UGT1A1 activity. 30 Dec 2008
• Knowledge and attitudes of lay public, pharmacists, and physicians toward the use of herbal products in North Jordan. 29 Nov 2008
• Complementary, holistic, and integrative medicine: the common cold. 29 Nov 2008
• Complementary therapies for pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders. 30 Oct 2008
• Anti-aromatase activity of the constituents from damiana (Turnera diffusa). 24 Sep 2008
• Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in autism spectrum disorder (ASD): comparison of Chinese and western culture (Part A). 9 Sep 2008
• Plants used as remedies antirheumatic and antineuralgic in the traditional medicine of Lebanon. 28 Aug 2008
• Herbal remedies in resource-poor settings: friend or foe? 4 Feb 2008
• Herbal medicine. 29 Apr 2007
• The denialists: the dangerous attacks on the consensus about H.I.V. and AIDS. 10 Mar 2007
• Herbal medicine for low back pain: a Cochrane review. 30 Dec 2006
• Anticancer drugs designed by mother nature: ancient drugs but modern targets. 30 Dec 2006
• Efficacy of combined treatment by scalp and penetration acupunctures with TKM medication (tang) on stroke patients. 30 Dec 2006
• Protective effects of a novel herbal decoction on focal cerebral ischemia in a rodent model. 30 Dec 2006

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Technical information about 'Herbal Medicine'

Definition: The study of medicines derived from botanical sources.

Descriptor UI: D029001

Alternative terms: Herbal Medicine; Medicine, Herbal; Herbalism;

Related Mesh Headings: Phytotherapy; Plants, Medicinal;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.158.273.118.598.500; H01.158.703.060.500; H02.628.190;

History Note: 2002

Technical Notes: specialty only; do not confuse with PHYTOTHERAPY