Are Food Supplements and Phytotherapeutics Potential Pharmacological Alternatives to Conventional Medications?

Maurizio Coppola

doi:10.5812/jhs.7095

Are Food Supplements and Phytotherapeutics Potential Pharmacological Alternatives to Conventional Medications?

authors:

Maurizio Coppola ^{1
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1 Department of Addiction, Alba (CN), Italy

Health Scope: Vol.1, issue 2; 93-94

published online: August 7, 2012

article type: Letter

received: June 19, 2012

revised: June 23, 2012

accepted: July 11, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/jhs.7095

how to cite: Coppola M. Are Food Supplements and Phytotherapeutics Potential Pharmacological Alternatives to Conventional Medications?. Health Scope. 2012;1(2): 93-94. https://doi.org/10.5812/jhs.7095.

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