Prakt. lékáren. 2016; 12(1): 30-32 | DOI: 10.36290/lek.2016.007

Adverse and toxic effects of standard herbal drug overdose - II.

Jan Martin1, Denisa Martinová2
1 Katedra farmakognozie, Farmaceutická fakulta v Hradci Králové, Univerzita Karlova v Praze
2 Lékárna WPK, OC Atrium, Hradec Králové

This article builds on the previous part of the number 5 (volume 10, 2014) and deals with the evaluation of the risks of common

medicinal plants. Patients often do not realize the risks and believe that the effect of herbal drugs multiply by increasing the

dosage. There can be achieved a toxic level of some constituent of medicinal plant by this way.

The second part of the text includes toxic effects of plants used as medicines: ginkgo, tea tree, senna and ginseng.

Keywords: ginkgo, ginseng, senna, tea tree, overdose, toxicity

Published: February 1, 2016  Show citation

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