Interest in botanical medicines is increasing worldwide with current global market values
estimated to be greater than US $72 billion. To ensure ingredients used in botanical …

This article reviews and develops a perspective for the meaning of authenticity in the context
of quality assessment of botanical materials and the challenges associated with discerning …

Botanical supplements with broad traditional and medicinal uses represent an area of
growing importance for American health management; 25% of US adults use dietary …

Whether they are being taken as dietary supplements by the general public or being
evaluated in a clinical study, the authenticity of botanical products is a matter of paramount …

Color additives are applied to many food, drug, and cosmetic products. With up to 85% of
consumer buying decisions potentially influenced by color, appropriate application of color …

Willow bark (Salix spp.) is an ingredient in some dietary supplements. No serious adverse
effects were reported from trials of willow bark extracts delivering 120–240 mg salicin (the …

The aim of this study was to get a rapid metabolic fingerprinting and to gain insight into the
metabolic profiling of Arctostaphylos pungens HBK, a plant morphologically similar to …

Natural products have provided a basis for health care and medicine to humankind since the
beginning of civilization. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately …

Efficient, useful and sensitive analytical devices for the quality control of complex mixtures of
natural products are urgently needed. Controls should be based on simple, viable …

Interest in botanicals, particularly as dietary supplement ingredients, is growing steadily.
This growth, and the marketing of new ingredients and combination products as botanical …