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Echinacea Preparations

April 1, 2021

Selected References:

  • Barcz E, et al. 2007. Influence of Echinacea purpurea intake during pregnancy on fetal growth and tissue angiogenic activity. Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica 45:Supp. 1; 35-39.
  • Chow G, et al. 2006. Dietary echinacea purpurea during murine pregnancy: Effect on maternal hemopoiesis and fetal growth. Biol Neonate; 89: 133-138.
  • Gallo M, et al. 2000. Pregnancy outcome following gestational exposure to echinacea. Arch Intern Med. 160:3141-3143.
  • Heitmann K, et al. 2016. Pregnancy outcome after prenatal exposure to echinacea: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 72(5): 623-630.
  • Huntley AL, et al. 2005. The safety of herbal medicinal products derived from Echinacea species. Drug Saf 28(5):387-400.
  • Lewicka A, et al. 2019. Supplementation of plants with immunomodulatory properties during pregnancy and lactation—maternal and offspring health effects. Nutrients 11(8):1958.
  • Linde K, et al. 2009. Echinacea for preventing and treating the common cold. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2(2):CD000530
  • Natural Standard (Ed). Herbs & Supplements – Echinacea (E. angustifolia DC, E. pallida, E. purpurea). Nature Medicine Quality Standard. [Retrieved on November 2014]. naturalstandard.com
  • Ondrizek RR, et al. 1999. Inhibition of human sperm motility by specific herbs used in alternative medicine. J Assist Reprod Genet. 16(2):87-91.
  • Perri D, et al. 2006. Safety and efficacy of echinacea (Echinacea angustifolia, E. purpurea and E. pallida) during pregnancy and lactation. Can J Clin Pharmacol 13(3):e261-7.
  • Peprah P, et al 2019. ‘We are nothing without herbs’: a story of herbal remedies use during pregnancy in rural Ghana. BMC 19(1):65.

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