phytoequivalence

English

Etymology

From 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)

1. (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