Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to complementary and alternative medicine / Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler -- Relatively safe herbal remedies / Angela M. Ferguson and Uttam Garg -- Risk of toxicity associated with unregulated herbal products / Steven W. Cotten -- Herbal medicines with immunomodulatory effects / Jeffrey K. Actor -- Kelp and thyroid function / Bruce Rosenzweig -- Herbal remedies and the patient with chronic kidney disease / Mariana S. Markell -- Abnormal liver function tests due to hepatotoxic herbs / Amitava Dasgupta and Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler -- Homeopathic medicine : principle, efficacy and toxicity / Amitava Dasgupta -- Indian ayurvedic medicines: an introduction / Amitava Dasgupta -- Tradition and perspectives of Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal medicine / Bashar Saad and Omar Said -- Licorice and laboratory tests / Salvador F. Sena -- Drug interactions with St. John's wort / Matthew D. Krasowski and John L. Blau -- Drug-herb interactions in patients with HIV/AIDS / Natella Y. Rakhmanina and John N. van den Anker -- Interactions between fruit juices and drugs / Amitava Dasgupta -- Drug interactions with ginseng and ginkgo biloba / Ashok Tholpady and Semyon A. Risin -- Drug interactions with garlic and ginger supplements / Charbel Abou-Diwan and James Ritchie -- Heavy metal toxicity and herbal remedies / Christine L.H. Snozek and Loralie J. Langman -- Adulteration of herbal remedies with conventional drugs : role of the clinical laboratory / Uttam Garg and Angela M. Ferguson -- Beyond herbals : an introduction to poisonous plants / Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler -- Interferences of herbal remedies with immunoassays for therapeutic drugs: focus on Digoxin / Amitava Dasgupta -- Role of the clinical laboratory in detecting plant poisoning / Ronald W. McLawhon.