Alternative Medicine Review

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Articles in Dec 2001 issue of Alternative Medicine Review

• Multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune inflammatory disease: prospects for its integrative management
  by Parris M. Kidd
• Passionflower in the treatment of generalized anxiety: a pilot double-blind randomized controlled trial with oxazepam - Abstract
• Vitamin C inhibits endothelial cell apoptosis in congestive heart failure - Abstract
• Bromelain: biochemistry, pharmacology and medical use - Abstract
• Review of antiviral and immunomodulating properties of plants of the peruvian rainforest with a particular emphasis on una de gato and sangre de grado
  by James E. Williams
• The role of phytoestrogens in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in ovarian hormone deficiency - Abstracts: recently published abstracts - Abstract
• A randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of high-dose supplementation with vitamins C and E, beta carotene, and zinc for age-related macular degeneration and vision loss: AREDS report no. 8 - Age-Related Eye Disease Study - Abstract
• Quercetin and tamoxifen sensitize human melanoma cells to hyperthermia - Abstract
• Prevention and treatment of cancer with indole-3-carbinol
  by Matthew S. Brignall
• Flight microangiopathy in medium- to long-distance flights: prevention of edema and microcirculation alterations with total triterpenic fraction of Centella asiatica - Abstract
• Anticlastogenic effect of vitamin C on cisplatin induced chromosome aberrations in human lymphocyte cultures - Abstract
• Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 or pentoxifylline for the treatment of sudden deafness: a randomized, reference-controlled, double-blind study - Abstract
• Natural approach to hypertension
  by Farhang Khosh
• Green tea constituent -epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits topoisomerase I activity in human colon carcinoma cells - Abstract
• Carnitine as a free radical scavenger in aging - Abstract
• Effects of melatonin on doxorubicin cytotoxicity in sensitive and pleiotropically resistant tumor cells - Abstracts: recently published abstracts
• Glutathione, reduced - GSH - Monograph
• Survival and infectious processes in patients with AIDS: analysis according to initial serum vitamin A levels - Abstract
• Association of human milk feedings with a reduction in retinopathy of prematurity among very low birthweight infants - Abstract
• Calendar of events - upcoming events
• Ruscus aculeatus - butcher's broom - Monograph
• The effect of replacing dietary saturated fat with polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fat on plasma lipids in free-living young adults - Abstract
• Increased apoptosis in a variety of tissues of zinc-deficient rats - Abstract
• Handbook of Psychotropic Herbs: A Scientific Analysis of Herbal Remedies for Psychiatric Conditions. - book review
  by Julie S. Jurenka
• Effect of soy isoflavone supplementation on markers of oxidative stress in men and women - Abstract
• Efficacy of kava-kava in the treatment of non-psychotic anxiety, following pretreatment with benzodiazepines - Abstract
• Effects of ipriflavone on bone loss following a bilateral ovariectomy and menopause: a randomized placebo-controlled study - Abstract
• Allergy development and the intestinal microflora during the first year of life - Abstract
• Influence of plasma glutathione levels on radiation mucositis - Abstract
• The effects of St John's wort on human cytochrome P450 activity - Hypericum perforatum - Abstract
• Effect of L-arginine, dimercaptosuccinic acid and the association of L-arginine and DMSA on tissue lead mobilization and blood pressure level in plumbism - DMSA - Abstract
• Effect of glutathione depletion on antitumor drug toxicity in U-937 human promonocytic cells: the role of intracellular oxidation - apoptosis and necrosis - Abstract
• Polybromo diphenyl ethers - Editorial
  by Al Czap
• Protective effects of dietary phytoestrogens in chronic renal disease - Abstract
• Molecular aspects of lipoic acid in the prevention of diabetes complications - Abstract
• Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection by stool antigen test in southern Taiwan - Abstract