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1 Garlic Constituents And Disease Prevention |
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2 Chemical Composition and Chemistry |
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3 | (3) |
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3 Commercial Garlic Preparations |
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6 | (2) |
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4 Metabolic Fate of Garlic-Derived Organosulfur Compounds |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (5) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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16 | (7) |
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2 Chemistry And Pharmacology Of Ginseng And Ginseng Products |
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23 | (22) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (3) |
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3 Metabolic Effects of Ginseng |
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27 | (4) |
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4 Physiological Actions of Ginseng |
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31 | (7) |
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38 | (1) |
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38 | (7) |
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3 Chemistry, Pharmacology And Clinical Applications Of Echinacea Products |
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45 | (30) |
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45 | (1) |
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2 Botanical Aspects and Traditional Use |
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45 | (3) |
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3 Biologically Active Constituents |
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48 | (10) |
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4 Pharmacological Effects of Echinacea Extracts |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (5) |
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6 Side Effects and Toxicological Considerations |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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66 | (9) |
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4 Ginger For Drug And Spice Purposes |
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75 | (32) |
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75 | (1) |
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2 Common Ginger as a Spice |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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4 Ginger for Drug Purposes |
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76 | (1) |
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5 Chemistry of Bioactive Components of Zingiber Officinale |
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77 | (7) |
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6 Bioactivity of Ginger Constituents |
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84 | (8) |
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7 Chemistry and Bioactivity of Curcuminoids of the Genus Curcuma |
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92 | (2) |
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8 Bioactivity of Curcuminoids of the Genus Curcuma |
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94 | (2) |
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9 Bioactive Sesquiterpenoids of the Genus Curcuma |
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96 | (1) |
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10 Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Curcuminoids of Zingiber Cassumunar |
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96 | (3) |
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11 Antitumor Promoting Effect of the Component of Alpinia Galanga |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (8) |
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5 Chemistry And Pharmacology Of Fenugreek |
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107 | (24) |
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107 | (3) |
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2 Chemical Composition of Fenugreek Seeds |
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110 | (9) |
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3 Pharmacology of Fenugreek |
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119 | (6) |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (6) |
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6 Chemistry, Pharmacology And Clinical Applications Of St. John's Wort And Ginkgo Biloba |
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131 | (46) |
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131 | (15) |
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146 | (23) |
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169 | (8) |
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7 Valerian, Saw Palmetto And Goldenseal As Herbal Medicines |
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177 | (36) |
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177 | (12) |
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189 | (7) |
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196 | (6) |
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202 | (11) |
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8 Evening Primrose Oil: Pharmacological And Clinical Applications |
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213 | (52) |
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213 | (1) |
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2 Metabolism of Gamma-Linolenic Acid |
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214 | (4) |
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3 Botanical Sources of Gamma-Linolenic Acid Rich Oils |
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218 | (2) |
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4 Nutritional Relevance of Evening Primrose Oil |
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220 | (10) |
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5 Therapeutic Applications of Evening Primrose Oil |
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230 | (18) |
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6 Conclusions and the Role of EPO in the Future |
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248 | (3) |
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251 | (14) |
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9 Tea As A Source Of Dietary Antioxidants With A Potential Role In Prevention Of Chronic Diseases |
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265 | (24) |
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265 | (1) |
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2 The Chemistry of Tea Flavonoids |
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266 | (7) |
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3 Tea as a Dietary Antioxidant |
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273 | (2) |
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4 Tea and Cardiovascular Health |
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275 | (3) |
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5 Tea and Cancer Prevention |
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278 | (2) |
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6 Bioavailability of Tea Flavonoids |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (8) |
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10 Bilberries And Blueberries As Functional Foods And Nutraceuticals |
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289 | (32) |
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289 | (3) |
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292 | (6) |
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3 Biological and Pharmacological Properties |
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298 | (15) |
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4 Improved Nutritional Value |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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314 | (7) |
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11 Licorice In Foods And Herbal Drugs: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology And Uses |
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321 | (34) |
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1 History, Production and Consumption |
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321 | (2) |
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323 | (4) |
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3 Cancer Chemopreventive Effect of Licorice |
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327 | (3) |
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4 Pharmacology of Licorice |
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330 | (8) |
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5 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics |
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338 | (2) |
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6 Toxicology/Safety Assessment of Licorice |
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340 | (1) |
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7 Some Typical Herbal Formulations and Prescriptions Containing Licorice from the Chinese Pharmacopoeia |
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341 | (2) |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (11) |
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12 Regulation Of Herbal And Tea Products: International Perspectives |
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355 | (22) |
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1 Should Herbal and Tea Products Be Regulated? |
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355 | (4) |
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2 A Brief History of Herbal Product Regulation in the United States |
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359 | (3) |
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3 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) |
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362 | (3) |
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4 International Comparisons of the Regulation of Botanicals |
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365 | (7) |
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5 Quality and Good Manufacturing Practices |
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372 | (1) |
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6 Advertising Regulations for Herbal Products |
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373 | (1) |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (3) |
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13 Quality Assurance And Control For The Herbal And Tea Industry |
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377 | (22) |
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377 | (1) |
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2 Factors Contributing to Herbal Industry Economics and the Need for Quality Assurance |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (2) |
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5 Quality/Manufacturing Planning |
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381 | (1) |
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381 | (3) |
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7 Elements of a Successful Quality Program |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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9 Controlling Quality in Crude Herbal and Commercial Products |
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386 | (3) |
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10 Technique Limitations/Challenges |
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389 | (1) |
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11 Developing Precise Quantitative Methods for Specific Marker Compounds in Herbal Products |
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390 | (2) |
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12 Standardization Difficulties |
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392 | (3) |
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13 Special Problems in Controlling Quality |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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397 | (2) |
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