Preliminary safety evaluation and biochemical efficacy of a carum carvi extract: Results from a randomized, triple-blind, and placebo-controlled clinical trial

• Main Authors: Kazemipoor, M., Wan Mohamed Radzi, C.W.J., Hajifaraji, M., Cordell, G.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2014
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QK Botany; R Medicine; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RS Pharmacy and materia medica; RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/11357/1/Cw_safety-Author_version.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/11357/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ptr.5147/abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ptr.5147

Carum carvi L. (Apiaceae) is known as caraway, and its derivatives find wide medicinal use for health purposes, including for gastrointestinal problems and obesity. Since there is inconsistency among the reports on the safety of this plant in humans, this research was aimed at assessing the safety o...