phytoequivalence

English

Etymology

phyto- +‎ equivalence. Calque of the German Phytoäquivalenz, a term of the same meaning which was introduced by the German Commission E, an expert commission on herbal medicine, in the 1980s.

Noun

phytoequivalence (uncountable)

(pharmacology, herbal medicine) A physiological equivalence between the effects of two herbal extracts, the efficacy of one of which has been clinically demonstrated.

Derived terms

phytoequivalent

Translations

physiological equivalence between two herbal extracts

German: Phytoäquivalenz f
Romanian: fitoechivalență f

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