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  1. The use of medications, including herbal medicines during breastfeeding is always a concern among women. Currently, there is no published evidence on whether Sierra Leonean women use herbal medicine during bre...

    Authors: Peter Bai James, Angela Isata Kaikai, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Amie Steel and Jon Wardle
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:66
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  2. Herbal medicine has become the panacea for many rural pregnant women in Ghana despite the modern western antenatal care which has developed in most parts of the country. To our knowledge, previous studies inve...

    Authors: Prince Peprah, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Francis Arthur-Holmes, Hayford Isaac Budu, Emmanuel Mawuli Abalo, Reforce Okwei and Julius Nyonyo
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:65
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  3. We investigated the effects of a berry mixture formula (modified Ojayeonjonghwan (Wuzi Yanzong Wan, MO formula) on detrusor overactivity (DO).

    Authors: Sangrak Bae, Kyu Won Lee, Hyun Cheol Jeong, Bong Hee Park, Woong Jin Bae, Chang Hee Han and Sae Woong Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:64
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  4. Physical activity is an important part of the diabetes management plan. However, the effects caused by different training durations and styles of Tai Chi have not been evaluated. We conducted an updated system...

    Authors: Ting-Wei Xia, Yue Yang, Wei-Hong Li, Zhao-Hui Tang, Zong-Run Li and Li-Jun Qiao
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:63
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  5. Access to and advice on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) are uncommon within Swedish conventional cancer care and little is known about cancer patients’ own use of CAM. The aim of this cross-sectio...

    Authors: Kathrin Wode, Roger Henriksson, Lena Sharp, Anna Stoltenberg and Johanna Hök Nordberg
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:62
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  7. This systematic review evaluates the use of manual therapy for clinical conditions in the pediatric population, assesses the methodological quality of the studies found, and synthesizes findings based on healt...

    Authors: Carol Parnell Prevost, Brian Gleberzon, Beth Carleo, Kristian Anderson, Morgan Cark and Katherine A. Pohlman
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:60
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  8. Despite the reported health effects of cardamom on dyslipidemia, hepatomegaly, and fasting hyperglycemia, no human research has studied its potency in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as the hepatic p...

    Authors: Milad Daneshi-Maskooni, Seyed Ali Keshavarz, Mostafa Qorbani, Siavash Mansouri, Seyed Moayed Alavian, Mahtab Badri-Fariman, Seyed Ali Jazayeri-Tehrani and Gity Sotoudeh
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:59
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  9. Practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine have suggested that acupuncture could alleviate poststroke shoulder pain, based on the clinical evidence. This study protocol is aimed at showing the eff...

    Authors: Seungwon Shin, Sung Pil Yang, Ami Yu, Junghee Yoo, Sung Min Lim and Euiju Lee
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:58
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  10. Prolonged hyperuricemia is associated with kidney disease or gouty arthritis. Whether Yokuininto, a commercially available Kampo medicine that has been used for osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, can exhi...

    Authors: Seung Hoon Lee, Ho-Sung Lee, Gunhyuk Park, Sung-Man Oh and Dal-Seok Oh
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:57
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  11. Enantia chlorantha is a plant belonging to Annonaceae Family. The Barks and leaves are used traditionally to treat infectious diseases. Earlier studies highlighted the antibacterial activity of stem barks methano...

    Authors: Rebeca Madeleine Ebelle Etame, Raymond Simplice Mouokeu, Frank Stève Monthe Poundeu, Igor Kenfack Voukeng, Cedric Laurel Pouaha Cidjeu, Alembert Tchinda Tiabou, Abel Joel Gbaweng Yaya, Rosalie Anne Ngono Ngane, Jules Roger Kuiate and François Xavier Etoa
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:56
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  12. Mulberry is a Korean medicinal herb that shows effective prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes. Bioconversion is the process of producing active ingredients from natural products using microorganism...

    Authors: Sang-Hyuk Jung, Joo-Hui Han, Hyun-Soo Park, Do-Hyung Lee, Seok Jin Kim, Hyun So Cho, Jong Seong Kang and Chang-Seon Myung
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:55
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  13. We previously reported that tacrolimus (Tac) does not decrease T helper 17 cells (Th17) response in kidney transplantation. In this study, we evaluated whether Resveratrol (Resv) has immunosuppressive effects ...

    Authors: Kyoung Chan Doh, Bo-Mi Kim, Kyoung Woon Kim, Byung Ha Chung and Chul Woo Yang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:54
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  14. Ephedra chilensis K Presl, known locally as pingo–pingo, is a Chilean endemic plant used in traditional medicine as an anti-inflammatory and used in other treatments. However, unlike for the other Ephedra species...

    Authors: Marco Mellado, Mauricio Soto, Alejandro Madrid, Iván Montenegro, Carlos Jara-Gutiérrez, Joan Villena, Enrique Werner, Patricio Godoy and Luis F. Aguilar
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:53
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  15. Senecio serratuloides DC is used in folk medicine for treating hypertension, skin disorders, internal and external sores, rashes, burns and wounds. This study aimed at investigating the antihypertensive effects o...

    Authors: Charlotte Mungho Tata, Constance Rufaro Sewani-Rusike, Opeoluwa Oyehan Oyedeji, Ephraim Tobela Gwebu, Fikile Mahlakata and Benedicta Ngwenchi Nkeh-Chungag
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:52
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  16. In view of the increasing antibiotic resistance, the introduction of natural anti-infective agents has brought a new era in the treatment of bacterially derived oral diseases.

    Authors: Lamprini Karygianni, Manuel Cecere, Aikaterini Argyropoulou, Elmar Hellwig, Alexios Leandros Skaltsounis, Annette Wittmer, Jörg Philipp Tchorz and Ali Al-Ahmad
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:51
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  17. This study investigated the protective effects of the Danshen (DS) and Sanqi (SQ) herb pair on cell survival in the human cardiovascular endothelial (EA.hy926) cell line exposed to injury.

    Authors: Xian Zhou, Valentina Razmovski-Naumovski, Antony Kam, Dennis Chang, Chun Guang Li, Kelvin Chan and Alan Bensoussan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:50
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  18. Hordeum vulgare L (barley) contains numerous phenolic substances with proven anticancer, antioxidant and gastroprotective activities. Saccharification increases the functionality and bioavailability of these comp...

    Authors: Jong-Min Lim, Chang-Hyun Song, Su-Jin Park, Dong-Chan Park, Go-Woon Jung, Hyung-Rae Cho, Khawaja Muhammad Imran Bashir, Sae Kwang Ku and Jae-Suk Choi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:49
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  19. Development of safe and effective chemopreventive agents is a winning strategy in reducing the morbidity and mortality of breast cancer. The current study was to investigate the mechanism-based chemopreventive...

    Authors: Jingwei Li, Xiaofei Liu, Hongzhi Chen, Ziyuan Sun, Hanhan Chen, Lei Wang, Xiaohui Sun and Xiangqi Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:48
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  20. Libidibia ferrea (L. ferrea) has been used in folk medicine to treat several conditions and to prevent cancer. This study performed a chromatographic analysis of the crude aqueous extract of Libidibia ferrea (Mar...

    Authors: Tamires Rocha Falcão, Cássio Alexandre Oliveira Rodrigues, Aurigena Antunes de Araújo, Caroline Addison Carvalho Xavier de Medeiros, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, Magda Rhayanny Assunção Ferreira, Roseane Carvalho Vasconcelos, Raimundo Fernandes de Araújo Júnior, Maria Luiza Diniz de Sousa Lopes and Gerlane Coelho Bernardo Guerra
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:47
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  21. Quinoa is a food crop native to the Andes. The process of dehulling quinoa can produce approximately 8–12% husk, which is often discarded because it contains bitter saponin. Saponin derived from quinoa has bee...

    Authors: Xiaoyan Sun, Xiushi Yang, Peng Xue, Zhiguo Zhang and Guixing Ren
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:46
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  22. The root of Baliospermum montanum has been used as an ingredient of traditional Thai medicines for the treatments of several diseases including itching eczema, muscle and joint inflammation, and cancer. Few studi...

    Authors: Weerachai Pipatrattanaseree, Arunporn Itharat, Nichamon Mukkasombut and Ubonwan Saesiw
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:45
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  23. Carica papaya leaves have been used for traditional treatment of dengue fever and have been reported to exhibit an immunomodulatory activity by affecting the level of cytokine production in vitro and in vivo. Due...

    Authors: Nor Azrina Norahmad, Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Abd Razak, Norazlan Mohmad Misnan, Nur Hana Md Jelas, Umi Rubiah Sastu, Amirrudin Muhammad, Tiffiny Chau Dee Ho, Bazilah Jusoh, Nor Azlina Zolkifli, Ravindran Thayan, Adiratna Mat Ripen, Murizal Zainol and Ami Fazlin Syed Mohamed
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:44
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  24. Sageretia thea (S. thea) has been used as the medicinal plant for treating hepatitis and fevers in Korea and China. Recently, anticancer activity of S. thea has been reported, but the potential mechanism for the ...

    Authors: Ha Na Kim, Gwang Hun Park, Su Bin Park, Jeong Dong Kim, Hyun Ji Eo, Ho-Jun Son, Jeong Ho Song and Jin Boo Jeong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:43
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  25. There are no published studies regarding the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the prevention of osteoporotic fracture. Therefore, we conducted this nationwide, population-based cohort study t...

    Authors: Yu-Chi Wang, Jen-Huai Chiang, Hsin-Cheng Hsu and Chun-Hao Tsai
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:42
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  26. This study aimed to elucidate the effects and mechanisms of Radix Linderae (RL) extracts on a mouse model of diabetic bladder dysfunction (DBD), especially on later decompensated phase.

    Authors: Xufeng Yang, Dawei Lian, Pinglong Fan, Yifei Xu, Jing Wang, Fangjun Chen, Huanling Lai, Weiwen Jiang, Linjie Zhang, Ping Huang and Hongying Cao
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:41
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  27. Borrelia sp. is a causative pathogen of Lyme disease which has become a worldwide health concern. Non-toxic approaches especially directed toward latent persistent forms of this pathogen are desired. Lipids in th...

    Authors: Anna Goc, Aleksandra Niedzwiecki and Matthias Rath
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:40
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  28. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and osteoporosis are progressive diseases that affect the elderly population. Both conditions are associated with fracture risk that is greater than twice that of the healthy populatio...

    Authors: Mustafa F. Alkhouli, Jun Hung, Michaela Squire, Miranda Anderson, Monica Castro, Jeganathan R. Babu, Layla Al-Nakkash, Tom L. Broderick and Jeffrey H. Plochocki
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:39
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  29. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an oncogene constitutively activated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells and HCC cancer stem cells (CSCs). Constitutively activated STAT3 plays...

    Authors: Wuguo Li, Qing Zhang, Kaotan Chen, Zhenhua Sima, Jingli Liu, Qiang Yu and Jiawei Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:38
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  30. Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic foodborne pathogen that causes human Listeriosis and high mortality particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Pregnant women are more prone to L. monocytogenes infe...

    Authors: Ayesha Riaz, Saleha Noureen, Iram Liqat, Muhammad Arshad and Najma Arshad
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:37
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  31. Bone damage is a condition that affects the quality of life of patients. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are important for bone repair. Osteoking is a natural compound in traditional Chinese Medicine used to tre...

    Authors: Congtao Yu, Lifen Dai, Zhaoxia Ma, Hongbin Zhao, Yong Yuan, Yunfeng Zhang, Pengfei Bao, Yanfang Su, Daiping Ma, Change Liu, Xingfei Wu, Jinxue Liu, Yanjiao Li, Bing Wang and Min Hu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:36
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  32. Wu-Mei-Wan (WMW) is a traditional Chinese herbal formulation that is clinically prescribed to treat diabetes mellitus in China. WMW has been shown to alleviate damage in pancreatic β cells, but the underlying ...

    Authors: Xueping Yang, Fuer Lu, Lingli Li, Jingbin Li, Jinlong Luo, Siyi Zhang, Xinqiao Liu and Guang Chen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:35
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  33. Streptococcus agalactiae also known as Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of disease in pregnant women and new born babies where it causes early and late onset disease characterised by sepsis, pneumonia...

    Authors: Munyaradzi Mukesi, Benson C. Iweriebor, Larry C. Obi, Uchechukwu U. Nwodo, Sylvester R. Moyo and Anthony I. Okoh
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:34
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  34. Royal jelly (RJ) has been used traditionally for dietary, cosmetic and health purposes for a long time in different parts of the world. Scientific studies have also shown its numerous health-promoting properti...

    Authors: Prakash Raj Pandeya, Ramakanta Lamichhane, Kyung-Hee Lee, Se-Gun Kim, Dae-Ho Lee, Hyeong-Kyu Lee and Hyun-Ju Jung
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:33
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  35. Colorectal malignant neoplasms is one of the leading causes of death in both men and women in the developed world and the incidence has recently increased markedly in South Africa. Studies have highlighted the...

    Authors: Wagheda Cassiem and Maryna de Kock
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:32
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  36. Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten (OFIS) is used widely in Korea to treat constipation due to its diuretic effects and its enhancement of bowel function and appetite. However, its safety has not yet been establis...

    Authors: Eun Hye Han, Mi Kyung Lim, Sang Ho Lee, Md. Mahbubur Rahman and Young-Hee Lim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:31
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  37. Exposure of skin to urban air pollutants is closely related to skin aging and inflammatory responses such as wrinkles formation, pigmentation spot, atopic dermatitis, and acne. Thus, a great deal of interest h...

    Authors: Minkyung Kim, Dahee Son, Seoungwoo Shin, Deokhoon Park, Sangyo Byun and Eunsun Jung
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:30
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  38. In-depth information of potential drug-herb interactions between warfarin and herbal compounds with suspected anticoagulant blood thinning effects is needed to raise caution of concomitant administration. The ...

    Authors: Maisa Alnaqeeb, Kenza A. Mansor, Eyad M. Mallah, Bayan Y. Ghanim, Nasir Idkaidek and Nidal A. Qinna
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:29
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  39. Patients with cancer are vulnerable to depression or other depressive conditions. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) for the treatment of depression ...

    Authors: Menglin Li, Zijie Chen, Zhenzhu Liu, Ning Zhang, Jintao Liu, Huiru Wang, Weiguang Wang, Yan Liang, Jingwen Chen, Zhe Liu, Yongle Li and Shuangqing Zhai
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:28
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  40. Dyslipidemia is one of the most frequently implicated risk factors for development of atherosclerosis. This study evaluated the efficacy of amla (Emblica officinalis) extract (composed of polyphenols, triterpenoi...

    Authors: Haridas Upadya, S. Prabhu, Aravinda Prasad, Deepa Subramanian, Swati Gupta and Ajay Goel
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:27
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  41. Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported that the funding information was missing from the original article.

    Authors: Xiaoqing Fan, Fanli Meng, Dahui Wang, Qing Guo, Zhuoyu Ji, Lei Yang and Atsushi Ogihara
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:26
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    The original article was published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2018 18:209

  42. A combination of parts of Cornus officinalis, Rosa multiflora, Lespedeza bicolor, Platycladus orientalis, and Castanea crenata is commonly used for alleviating inflammatory skin disorders. Therefore, this study w...

    Authors: Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Seung-Jin Lee, Na-Hye Park, Jin-Yoon Kim, Zi-Eum Im, Joo-Won Suh and Seung-Chun Park
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:25
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  43. An alarm increase the rate of emerging and re-emerging of multidrug resistant bacteria have been caused great public health concern in the worldwide. They have been resisting for most or majority of currently ...

    Authors: Eshetu Gadisa, Gebru Weldearegay, Kassu Desta, Getahun Tsegaye, Sityehu Hailu, Kefiyelewu Jote and Abera Takele
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:24
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  44. Women diagnosed with breast cancer frequently seek complementary and alternative (CAM) treatment options that can help to cope with their disease and the side effects of conventional cancer therapy. Especially...

    Authors: U. Weissenstein, M. Kunz, M. Oufir, J. T. Wang, M. Hamburger, K. Urech, U. Regueiro and S. Baumgartner
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:23
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  45. Menstrual pain is very common amongst young women. Despite the significant impact that menstrual pain has on academic attendance and performance, social activities and quality of life, most young women do not ...

    Authors: Mike Armour, Caroline A. Smith, Kylie A. Steel and Freya Macmillan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:22
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  46. Peppermint oil (PO) has intrinsic properties that may benefit patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms. The study objective was to determine the effect of peppermint oil in the treatment of the IBS.

    Authors: N. Alammar, L. Wang, B. Saberi, J. Nanavati, G. Holtmann, R. T. Shinohara and G. E. Mullin
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:21
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  47. Impaired wound healing is a debilitating complication of diabetes that leads to significant morbidity, particularly foot ulcers. The risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers for diabetic patients is 15% over th...

    Authors: Woan Sean Tan, Palanisamy Arulselvan, Shiow-Fern Ng, Che Norma Mat Taib, Murni Nazira Sarian and Sharida Fakurazi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:20
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  48. A Panchvalkal formulation (Pentaphyte P-5®) mentioned in ancient texts of Indian traditional medicine was investigated for its anti-infective potential against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Authors: Chinmayi Joshi, Pooja Patel, Hanmanthrao Palep and Vijay Kothari
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:19
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  49. The present study was carried out to prepare multi-herbal combination via comparing antioxidant activity and polyphenolic composition of five medicinal plant extracts of Punica granatum L., Putranjiva roxburghii ...

    Authors: Pardeep Kaur, Robin, Rajendra G. Mehta, Balbir Singh and Saroj Arora
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:18
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  50. Endometriosis has a significant negative impact on the lives of women, and current medical treatments often do not give sufficient pain relief or have intolerable side effects for many women. The majority of w...

    Authors: Mike Armour, Justin Sinclair, K. Jane Chalmers and Caroline A. Smith
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2019 19:17
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