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| Title: | Interactions of herbs and food products with drugs : Grapefruit juice as an example |
| Authors: | Singh, Inder Pal
Bharate, Sandip B
Bhutani, K K |
| Keywords: | Herb-drug interactions
Grapefruit juice
Citrus paradisi
Furanocoumarin |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2005 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.7— A61K 35/78, A23L 2/06 |
| Abstract: | Plants have been used throughout human history for
their medicinal properties and herbal medicines are popular worldwide. Since,
all herbal medicines are mixtures of more than one active ingredient, such
combinations of many substances obviously increase the likelihood of
interactions taking place. Although herbal medicines have been used as remedies
for number of illnesses, many of them have shown interactions with the synthetic
drugs and also exhibited adverse effects. These herb-drug interactions may be
adverse as well as beneficial. Herb-drug interactions are discussed in this
article with an example of Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf.)
juice-drug interaction. The oral bioavailability of many drugs was found to be
increased when these are consumed along with grapefruit juice. |
| Page(s): | 107-112 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1092 (Online); 0972-592X (Print) |
| Source: | NPR Vol.4(2) [March-April 2005]
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