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Liu, Jianping, Manheimer, E., Tsutani, K. and Gluud, C. (2003) 'Medicinal herbs for hepatitis C virus infection: A Cochrane hepatobiliary systematic review of randomized trials'. American Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol 98, Issue 3, pp. 538-544.
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess beneficial and harmful effects of medicinal herbs for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. METHODS: The databases of the Cochrane Collaboration, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and BIOSIS were searched combined with manual searches of five Chinese and one Japanese journals. We included randomized trials comparing medicinal herbs with placebo, no intervention, nonspecific treatment, other herbs, or interferon and/or ribavirin. Trials of herbs with or without other drug(s) were included. Methodological quality of the trials was evaluated by randomization, double blinding, and the Jadad scale. RESULTS: Thirteen randomized trials (n = 818) evaluated 14 medicinal herbs. Four trials had adequate methodology. Compared with placebo, none of the herbs showed effects on HCV RNA or liver enzyme, except for silybin, which showed a significant reduction of serum AST and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase levels in one trial. Oxymatrine showed effects on clearance of HCV RNA (relative risk = 9.20, 95% Cl = 1.26-67.35) compared with vitamins. The herbal mixture Bing Gan Tang plus interferon-alpha showed better effects on clearance of HCV RNA (relative risk = 2.54, 95% Cl = 1.43-4.49) and on normalization of serum ALT (relative risk = 2.54, 95% Cl = 1.43-4.49) than interferon-alpha alone. The herbal mixture Yi Zhu decoction showed better effects on clearance of HCV RNA and normalization of ALT compared with glycyrrhizin plus ribavirin. Yi Er Gan Tang showed effects on normalizing serum ALT compared with silymarin plus glucurolactone. The herbs were associated with adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: There is no firm evidence supporting medicinal herbs for HCV infection, and further randomized trials are justified.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | QV Pharmacology > Drug Standardization. Pharmacognosy. Medicinal Plants > QV 766 Medicinal plants (General) QV Pharmacology > Drug Standardization. Pharmacognosy. Medicinal Plants > QV 771 Standardization and evaluation of drugs W General Medicine. Health Professions > W 20.5 Biomedical research WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers. Other Virus Diseases > WC 536 Human viral hepatitis |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07298.x |
| Depositing User: | Users 494 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2013 10:26 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2021 14:22 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/2597 |
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