BOOKMARK THIS?: PubMed Medline Abstracts on Herb-Drug Interactions

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Hi All,

 

The URL that I posted earlier to search PubMed Medline for Abstracts on

Herb-Drug Interactions was incorrect. The correct URL is:

http://tinyurl.com/3253eh

 

The search profile in that URL that appears in the Medline Search Box is:

 

(pain) AND (Herb-Drug Interactions[MeSH] OR herb-drugs interactions OR

drug-herb interactions OR herb-drug interaction OR herb-drugs interaction

OR drug-herb interaction OR herb-prescription medication interactions OR

herb-prescription medications interactions OR herbal drug interactions OR

drug-herbal interactions OR herbal-drug interaction OR herbal drug

interaction OR drug-herbal interaction OR herbal-prescription medication

interactions OR herbal-prescription medications interactions)

 

You can adapt THAT profile to search for any drug or herb of interest by

changing the string (pain) [first entry in the search box] for the term of

interest.

 

Example 1: Go to http://tinyurl.com/3253eh

Instead of (pain), search for:

(aspirin OR warfarin OR anticoag*) - see outputs for THAT search at

http://tinyurl.com/2scncv

 

Example 2: Go to http://tinyurl.com/3253eh

Instead of (pain), search for:

(Angelicae OR Angelica OR Tang kuei OR Tangkuei OR Dong quai OR

Dongquai OR Dang gui OR Danggui) - see outputs for THAT search at

http://tinyurl.com/2wp5pj

 

Note that HERB NAMES in Medline are NOT standardised. One must use

synonyms of the botanical name [for example, Angelica OR Angelicae] AND

different spellings of the Pinyin term [for example, Tang kuei OR Tangkuei

OR Dong quai OR Dongquai OR Dang gui OR Danggui] to pick up most of

the papers on a herb.

 

As an exercise to check that, count the hits on Medline for the following

searches:

 

Angelicae [142]

Angelica [600]

Angelicae OR Angelica [703]

 

Tang kuei [29]

Tangkuei [0]

Dong quai [173]

Dongquai [0]

Dang gui [46]

Danggui [70]

Tang kuei OR Tangkuei OR Dong quai OR Dongquai OR Dang gui OR

Danggui [241]

 

Note that the combination of ALL the terms, above, gives the most hits:

 

(Angelicae OR Angelica OR Tang kuei OR Tangkuei OR Dong quai OR

Dongquai OR Dang gui OR Danggui) [775]

 

Best regards,