Kava

References

Citations

1. Pittler MH, et al. (2003). Kava extract versus placebo for treating anxiety. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1).

Other Works Consulted

• Kava (2004). In A DerMarderosian, J Beutler, eds., Review of Natural Products. St. Louis: Wolters Kluwer Health.

• Murray MT, Pizzorno JE Jr (2006). Piper methysticum (kava). In JE Pizzorno Jr, MT Murray, eds., Textbook of Natural Medicine, 3rd ed., pp. 1167–1172. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

• Connor KM, et al. (2006). Kava in generalized anxiety disorder: Three placebo-controlled trials. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 21(5): 249.

• Jacobs BP, et al. (2005). An Internet-based, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of kava and valerian for anxiety and insomnia. Medicine, 84(4): 197.

• Pittler MH, Ernst E (2000). Efficacy of kava extract for treating anxiety: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 20(1): 84.

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