| Title | Ineffectiveness of echinacea for prevention of experimental rhinovirus colds. | ||
| Author | Turner, R B; Riker, D K; Gangemi, J D | ||
| Journal | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | Publication Year/Month | 2000-Jun |
| PMID | 10817735 | PMCID | PMC89939 |
| Affiliation | 1.Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA. turnerr@musc.edu. | ||
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of echinacea for the prevention of experimental rhinovirus colds. Infection occurred in 44 and 57% and illness occurred in 36 and 43% of the echinacea- and placebo-treated subjects, respectively. This preparation of echinacea had no significant effect on either the occurrence of infection or the severity of illness.