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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 16, 1183,
August 21, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Herbal Dietary Supplement Alters Metabolism of Chemotherapy Drug
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Researchers in the Netherlands have found that the herbal dietary supplement St. Johns wort interferes with the metabolismand potentially the effectiveness ofthe chemotherapy drug irinotecan. Their findings appear in the August 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
St. Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) is