Some drugs and herbal products

This volume of the IARC Monographs provides an assessment of the carcinogenicity of 14 drugs and herbal products. The IARC Monographs Working Group relied on epidemiological studies to evaluate the carcinogenic hazard to humans exposed to the drugs digoxin (widely prescribed for the treatment of chr...

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Corporate Author: IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lyon, France International Agency for Research on Cancer 2016, 2016
Series:IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This volume of the IARC Monographs provides an assessment of the carcinogenicity of 14 drugs and herbal products. The IARC Monographs Working Group relied on epidemiological studies to evaluate the carcinogenic hazard to humans exposed to the drugs digoxin (widely prescribed for the treatment of chronic heart failure), pioglitazone (used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus), and hydrochlorothiazide (used to treat hypertension). Other agents evaluated included the drugs primidone, sulfasalazine, pentosan polysulfate sodium, and triamterene, and five herbal products (or their components): Aloe vera whole leaf extract, goldenseal root powder, Ginkgo biloba leaf extract, kava extract, and pulegone. In view of the limited agent-specific information available from epidemiological studies, assessments of these agents relied mainly on carcinogenicity bioassays to reach conclusions as to the carcinogenic hazard to exposed humans
Physical Description:1 PDF file (xii, 422 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9789283201465
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