Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot), Aristolochia reticulata (Texas snakeroot) and in Chinese herbs such as Aristolochia fangchi and Aristolochia mandshurensis (banned in China and withdrawn from Chinese Pharmacopoea 2005; Stephania tetrandra and Magnolia officinalis do not contain aristolochic acid).
age-based rationing. Age-Based Rationing. A proposed form of rationing publicly-funded health care services, in which limits would be placed on the type and amount of such services that would be freely available to persons above a certain age.
Expense ratio. An expense ratio is the percentage of a mutual fund's or variable annuity's total assets deducted to cover operating and management expenses. Those expenses include employee salaries, custodial and transfer fees, distribution, marketing, and other costs of offering the fund or contract.