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Clinical assessment of effects of botanical supplementation on cytochrome P450 phenotypes in the elderly: St John's wort, garlic oil, Panax ginseng and Ginkgo biloba.
Drugs & aging - 1 Jan 2005
Gurley Bill J, Gardner Stephanie F, Hubbard Martha A, Williams D Keith, Gentry W Brooks, Cui Yanyan, Ang Catharina Y W
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OBJECTIVES: Elderly patients are more likely to ingest prescription medications concurrently with botanical supplements, and may therefore be vulnerable to herb-drug interactions. Phytochemical-mediated modulation of cytochrome P450 (CYP) activity may underlie many herb-drug interactions. Some ev...
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