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SUBMITTER: Rombola L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7400069 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rombolà Laura L Scuteri Damiana D Marilisa Straface S Watanabe Chizuko C Morrone Luigi Antonio LA Bagetta Giacinto G Corasaniti Maria Tiziana MT
Life (Basel, Switzerland) 20200704 7
The therapeutic efficacy of a drug or its unexpected unwanted side effects may depend on the concurrent use of a medicinal plant. In particular, constituents in the medicinal plant extracts may influence drug bioavailability, metabolism and half-life, leading to drug toxicity or failure to obtain a therapeutic response. This narrative review focuses on clinical studies improving knowledge on the ability of selected herbal medicines to influence the pharmacokinetics of co-administered drugs. More ...[more]