A review of the Experimental Approaches Used in Clinical Studies to Evaluate the Health Benefits of Plant Food Supplements Associated With Infectious Diseases
Abstract:The objective of this review was to evaluate the experimental approaches used in clinical trials to support the benefit claims of plant food supplements (PFS) with reported activity on infectious diseases. A literature search was conducted on a list of 309 plant species currently used in food supplements in Europe using the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) PubMed Database to identify all the clinical trials for evaluating the benefit claim for preventing or treating infectious diseases in h… Show more
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