Efficacy of an extract of North American ginseng containing poly-furanosyl-pyranosyl-saccharides for preventing upper respiratory tract infections: a randomized controlled trial

Gerald N. Predy; Vinti Goel; Ray Lovlin; Allan Donner; Larry Stitt; Tapan K. Basu

doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041470

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vol. 173 no. 9 1043-1048

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041470

PubMed

16247099

History

Published online October 24, 2005.

Author Information

Gerald N. Predy,
Vinti Goel,
Ray Lovlin,
Allan Donner,
Larry Stitt,
Tapan K. Basu

From Capital Health (Predy) and the Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta (Goel, Lovlin, Basu), Edmonton, Alta., and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. (Donner, Stitt)

Correspondence to:
Dr. Tapan K. Basu, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB T6G 2P5; fax 780 492-4265; tapan.basu{at}ualberta.ca

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