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In [[botany]], '''Pelargonium sidoides''' is a plant from South Africa. '''Umckaloabo''' is a [[plant extract]] used in [[phytotherapy|herbal medicine]] and derived from the roots of Pelargonium sidoides.<ref name="pmid18646148">{{cite journal |author=Timmer A, Günther J, Rücker G, Motschall E, Antes G, Kern WV |title=Pelargonium sidoides extract for acute respiratory tract infections |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=3 |pages=CD006323 |year=2008 |pmid=18646148 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD006323.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006323.pub2 |issn=}}</ref><ref>{{MeSH|EPs 7630}}</ref> | In [[botany]], '''Pelargonium sidoides''' is a plant from South Africa. '''Umckaloabo''' is a [[plant extract]] used in [[phytotherapy|herbal medicine]] and derived from the roots of Pelargonium sidoides.<ref name="pmid18646148">{{cite journal |author=Timmer A, Günther J, Rücker G, Motschall E, Antes G, Kern WV |title=Pelargonium sidoides extract for acute respiratory tract infections |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |issue=3 |pages=CD006323 |year=2008 |pmid=18646148 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD006323.pub2 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006323.pub2 |issn=}}</ref><ref>{{MeSH|EPs 7630}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:52, 1 February 2009
In botany, Pelargonium sidoides is a plant from South Africa. Umckaloabo is a plant extract used in herbal medicine and derived from the roots of Pelargonium sidoides.[1][2]
"P. sidoides may be effective in alleviating symptoms of acute rhinosinusitis and the common cold in adults, but doubt exists," according to a systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Timmer A, Günther J, Rücker G, Motschall E, Antes G, Kern WV (2008). "Pelargonium sidoides extract for acute respiratory tract infections". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (3): CD006323. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD006323.pub2. PMID 18646148. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), EPs 7630 (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.