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In medicine, a side effect is an effect of the use of a medicinal drug or other treatment, usually adverse but sometimes beneficial, that is unintended. Herbal and traditional medicines also have side effects.
Vitamin E deficiency in humans is a very rare condition, occurring as a consequence of abnormalities in dietary fat absorption or metabolism rather than from a diet low in vitamin E. [1] Collectively the EARs, RDAs, AIs and ULs for vitamin E and other essential nutrients are referred to as Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs). [1]
Due to the exceedingly high impact on public health of widely used medications, such as hormonal contraception and hormone replacement therapy, which may affect millions of users, even marginal probabilities of adverse effects of a severe nature, such as breast cancer, have led to public outcry and changes in medical therapy, although its ...
The effects on the CYP3A4 in the liver could, in principle, cause interactions with non-oral drugs (e.g. parenteral, inhaled substances, transdermal), [citation needed] and non-CYP3A4-mediated effects also exist. [31] Cytochrome isoforms affected by grapefruit components include CYP3A4, CYP1A2, CYP2C9, and CYP2D6. [21]
As the name suggests, the Chinese striped-necked turtle, or Maureyms sinensis, is found in China as well as Taiwan, Vietnam, and Laos.It lives in swamps, ponds, freshwater marshes, and soft-bottom ...
Side effects caused by the time taken for an operation to execute are usually ignored when discussing side effects and referential transparency. There are some cases, such as with hardware timing or testing, where operations are inserted specifically for their temporal side effects e.g. sleep(5000) or for (int i = 0; i < 10000; ++i) {}. These ...
Hemoglobin E (HbE) is an abnormal hemoglobin with a single point mutation in the β chain. At position 26 there is a change in the amino acid , from glutamic acid to lysine (E26K). Hemoglobin E is very common among people of Southeast Asian , Northeast Indian , Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi descent.
Cucurbitacin E is a biochemical compound from the family of cucurbitacins. These are found in plants which are member of the family Cucurbitaceae, most of them coming from traditional Chinese medicinal plants, but also in other plants such as pumpkins and gourds. Cucurbitacin E is a highly oxidated steroid consisting of a tetracyclic triterpene ...