Seyed Afshin Shorofi

Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Adjunct Research Fellow, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

[ 1 ] - Starting Dose Calculation for Medicinal Plants in Animal Studies; Recommendation of a Simple and Reliable Method

Background and purpose: Research studies indicate that almost 80% of the present day drugs are derived directly or indirectly from medicinal plants. The estimation of a safe starting dose is a concern when a new substance is to be investigated including medicinal plants, in clinical and laboratory studies. This study was intended to explore a simple and reliable method of calcu...