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Project overview: Cannabis is a widely used botanical medicine despite federal regulations prohibiting such use. Currently, twenty States and the...
Alkylamides present in Echinacea species have reported immunomodulatory actions, yet their direct effects on T lymphocytes, key mediators of antiviral immunity, are poorly understood. We hypothesized that constituents present in ethanolic extracts...
Background:
Herbal supplements are widely used for vasomotor symptoms.
Objective:
To test the efficacy of 3 herbal regimens and hormone therapy for relief of vasomotor symptoms compared with placebo.
Design:
1-year randomized, double-blind, placebo-...
Context:
Stimulant medication can effectively treat 60% to 70% of youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Yet many parents seek alternative therapies, and Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) is 1 of the top 3 botanicals used....
An unexpected result of an earlier randomized controlled trial was that patients receiving Echinacea had fewer subsequent upper respiratory infections (URIs) during the four-month study period than children who received placebo for treatment of...
This study investigates effects of turmeric and its components on liver damage and liver cancer caused by iron overload. It is a laboratory based project that makes use of cell culture and mouse models of human disease. It includes genomic and...
A collaboration with the University of Washington.
Purpose of Research
The proposed study is a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial of echinacea for the treatment of upper respiratory infections (URIs) in children between the ages of...
A collaboration with the University of Washington School of Pharmacy.
Research Objectives
The long-term objective of this research is to develop and implement a systematic in vitro testing strategy to evaluate botanical medicines for HIV/AIDS...
The aims of this research project are to assess how Echinacea composition correlates with immunological activities, determine the role of cytochrome P450 metabolism in bioactivity of reportedly active constituents, and investigate whether distinct...