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Dosage of Benzyl Benzoate – Side Effects, Warning
Dosage of Benzyl Benzoate/Benzyl benzoate is a benzoate ester obtained by the formal condensation of benzoic acid with benzyl alcohol. It has been isolated from the plant…
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Drosera; Uses, Dosage, Site Effects, Interactions
Drosera rotundifolia grows on Sphagnum hummocks on ombrotrophic bogs. Their leaves form small rosettes (ca 5 cm in diameter) and catch prey (predominantly Diptera and Collembola [rx]) using…
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Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) – Uses, Dosage, Indications
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is one of several omega-3 fatty acids. It is found in cold-water fatty fish, such as salmon. It is also found…
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Elephant Apple; Nutritional Value, Health Benefits, Recipes
Elephant apple (Dillenia indica) is commonly known as Elephant apple has been used traditionally to cure various ailments. Traditionally the juices of leaves, bark,…
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Esomeprazole; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions, Pregn
Esomeprazole is the S-isomer of omeprazole, with gastric proton pump inhibitor activity. In the acidic compartment of parietal cells, esomeprazole is protonated and converted into the active achiral…
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Essential Oils – Types, Indications, Side Effects
Essential oils offer a wide range of benefits and can support various health challenges ranging from stress, anxiety, and sleep to headaches and immune function. Essential oil…
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Etidronic Acid; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions, Pragnancy
Etidronic acid is a diphosphonate which affects calcium metabolism. It inhibits ectopic calcification and slows down bone resorption and bone turnover. As a member…
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Etoricoxib; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Etoricoxib is a synthetic, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with antipyretic, analgesic, and potential antineoplastic properties. Etoricoxibspecifically binds to and inhibits the enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), resulting in…
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Eupatorium Perfoliatum; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Effects
Eupatorium perfoliatum known as common boneset or just boneset is a North American perennial plant in the aster family. It is a common native to the Eastern United States and Canada, widespread from Nova Scotia to Florida, west as…
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Eurasia; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Euphrasia (eyebright) is a genus of about 450 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae (formerly included in the Scrophulariaceae), with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are semi-parasitic on grasses and other plants. The common name refers to the plant's…
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Eurycoma Longifolia – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits
Eurycoma Longifolia/Tongkat Ali is one of the well-known folk medicines for aphrodisiac effects as well as intermittent fever (malaria) in Asia. Tongkat Ali is…
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Fairy Candle Root; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Fairy Candle Root/ Black snakeroot (Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa) a member of the buttercup family, is a perennial plant which native to North America. Historical…
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Famotidine; Uses, Dosage, Side effects, Drug Interactions
Famotidine is a propanimidamide and histamine H2-receptor antagonist with antacid activity. As a competitive inhibitor of histamine H2-receptors located on the basolateral membrane of the parietal cell, famotidine reduces basal and nocturnal gastric…
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Febuxostat Drug; Uses, Dosage, Side effects, Interactions
Febuxostat Drug is an orally available, non-purine inhibitor of xanthine oxidase with uric acid lowering activity. Upon oral administration, febuxostat selectively and noncompetitively inhibits the activity of xanthine oxidase, an enzyme that converts…
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Ferrum Phosphoricum; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects
Ferrum Phosphoricum is made from a mineral compound which helps the body build strong blood cells and its most prominent symptom is a ‘lack…
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Feverwort; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Feverwort/ Eupatorium perfoliatum known as common boneset or just boneset is a North American perennial plant in the aster family. It is a common native to the Eastern United States and Canada, widespread from Nova Scotia to Florida, west…
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Flurazepam; Indications/Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions, Pregnancy
Flurazepam is a member of the benzodiazepines and a long-acting depressor of the central nervous system (CNS) with sedative and hypnotic effects. Flurazepam binds to a specific…
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Folacin Health Benefit, Food Source, Deficiency Symptoms
Folacin Health Benefit/Vitamin B9 is one of the B vitamins. Folic acid is a form of vitamin B-9 that can dissolve in water. It is a…
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Folate Health Benefit, Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source
Folate Health Benefit/Vitamin B9 is one of the B vitamins. Folic acid is a form of vitamin B-9 that can dissolve in water. It is a…
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Folic Acid Health Benefit, Deficiency Symptoms, Food Source
Folic Acid Health Benefit/Vitamin B9 is one of the B vitamins. Folic acid is a form of vitamin B-9 that can dissolve in water. It is…
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Folinic Acid; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Drug Interactions
Folinic Acid (also known as 5-formyl tetrahydrofolic acid or leucovorin) is the 5-formyl derivative of the tetrahydrofolic acid, a necessary co-factor in the body.…
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Frog Foot, Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Frog Foot/Ranunculus bulbosus commonly known as St. Anthony's turnip[rx] or bulbous buttercup is a perennial member of the buttercup family. It has attractive yellow flowers, and deeply divided, three-lobed long-petioled basal…
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Frogwort, Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Frogwort,/Ranunculus bulbosus commonly known as St. Anthony's turnip[rx] or bulbous buttercup is a perennial member of the buttercup family. It has attractive yellow flowers, and deeply divided, three-lobed long-petioled basal leaves.…
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Furosemide; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions, Pregnan
Furosemide is a sulfamoyl anthranilic acid derivative, also known as frusemide, and a potent loop diuretic. Furosemide is widely used to treat hypertension and edema. This agent is highly bound…
