Article: Medicines Control Agency takes further action to protect the public from Aristolochia; New ban covers plants at risk of confusion with the toxic plant Aristolochia.

Article: UK GOVERNMENT: Ban on supply of Aristolochia >T.
M2 Presswire;  July 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Chinese names are Mu Tong and Fangji, because ... they may contain Aristolochia. The consultation ... Clematis, Akebia and Aristolochia. In both cases, the Mu Tong used was in fact the toxic species Aristolochia rather than one of ...

Article: Further ban to protect public from Aristolochia.
M2 Presswire;  January 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... containing Mu Tong and Fangji ... to describe Aristolochia and various ... common name Mu Tong. There is also a risk that Aristolochia may be used ... prohibition of Aristolochia in unlicensed ... associated with Mu Tong. The consultation ...

Article: Aristolochia toxicity prompts UK ban.
Nutraceuticals International;  September 1, 1999 ;     380 words ... ... traditional Chinese medicine called Aristolochia. The order also includes a possible ... herbs which have been confused with Aristolochia. TCM practitioners and suppliers have ... of the herb, which is also known as Mu Tong and Fanjii. The CSM notes that there ...

Article: Antibacterial activity of leaf extracts of Aristolochia ...
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Manikandar, P. Selvamani, S. Latha Aristolochia bracteate Retz, family, Aristolochiaceae ... antibacterial activity of crude extracts of Aristolochia bracteate Retz leaves by disc diffusion method. The leaves of Aristolochia breacteate Retz were extracted ...

Article: Notes on the Central Andean species of Aristolochia ...
Kew Bulletin;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Summary. A new species, Aristolochia andina F Gonzalez & I ... characters. A study of the species of Aristolochia that grow above 2000 m in Ecuador ... majority of neotropical species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) grow at low ...

Article: Products suspected of containing Aristolochia or Asarum ...
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA;  November 28, 2004 ;     639 words ... ... of products suspected of containing Aristolochia or Asarum species in a recent issue ... a study from the United States, "Aristolochia species have been administered by those ... for centuries. After determining Aristolochia fangchi was an adulterant that caused ...

Article: Wound healing studies of Aristolochia bracteolata Lam. ...
Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Summary Aristolochia bracteolata is a perennial herb ... extract of the shade-dried leaves of Aristolochia bracteolata Lam. was studied for ... the granuloma tissue. Key words: Aristolochia bracteolata, wound healing, incision ...