ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Medical research on plant-derived compounds requires a breadth of expertise from field to laboratory and clinical skills. Too often basic botanical skills are evidently lacking, especially with respect to plant taxonomy and botanical nomenclature. Binomial and familial names, synonyms and author citations are often misconstrued. The correct botanical name, linked ...

Botanical dietary supplements are often targeted by the mainstream media and scientific/medical communities as being unscientific and unsafe relative to prescription pharmaceuticals and over-the counter drugs. However, the relative risk of botanical medicines is largely overestimated and causal relationships between botanical remedies and significant adverse reactions pale in comparison to the ...

The objectives of this research were to determine the variation of chemical composition across botanical fractions of cornstover, and to use Fourier Transform Near-infrared (FT-NIR) techniques to qualitatively classify separated cornstover fractions, and develop calibration model for the quantitative analysis of chemical compositions of cornstover. Large variations of biomass chemical compositi...

Botanical products sold in the health area are generally intended as drugs, medicinal products, food supplements or substances for therapeutic use. Use of botanicals for improving or to care human health has evolved independently in different countries worldwide. Regulatory issues regarding botanical products designed for the food supplements or medicinal market and their influence on research ...

In the past decades, the use of traditional medicine has increased globally, leading to a booming herbal medicine and dietary supplement industry. The increased popularity of herbal products has led to a rise in demand for botanical raw materials. Accurate identification of medicinal herbs is a legal requirement in most countries and prerequisite for delivering a quality product that meets cons...

OBJECTIVES To describe the use of dietary botanical supplements and teas among infants, the characteristics of mothers who give them the specific botanical supplements and teas used, reasons for use, and sources of information. METHODS We used data from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II, a longitudinal survey of women studied from late pregnancy through their infant's first year of life c...

This chapter reviews the history, biology, and epistemology of medicinal plants as used by human beings and their primate, other mammalian, and other vertebrate ancestors. Focusing on prehistoric, classical, and ethnographic examples, it delineates the careful selective process by which people selected plants for use, it considers why plants are useful at all, and it describes some of the varyi...

A detailed review on Guggulu, covering its botanical, Chemical Pharmacological and Ayurvedic aspects, is presented here.

Natural substances are generally preferred over chemical ones and are generally seen as healthy. The increasing demand for natural ingredients, improving health and appearance, is also attracting beverages as the fastest growing segment on the functional food market. Functional beverages are launched as fortified water, tea, diary or juices claiming overall nutrition, energy, anti-aging or rela...