Subfile:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Format (FM):
Factsheet (22).
Language(s) (LG):
English.
Year Published (YR):
2003.
Audience code (AC):
Health Professionals (100). General Public (300).
Corporate Author (CN):
National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
Source (SO):
Research Triangle Park, NC: National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health. 2003. 2 p.
Availability (AV):
Available from National Toxicology Program. National Institute of Environmental Health, P.O. Box 12233, MD B3-10, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
PRICE: Free.
Abstract (AB):
This fact sheet from the National Toxicology Program (NTP) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences reviews the herbs currently under study by the NTP. The fact sheet discusses the 1998 workshop on herbal medicines, in which recommendations were made for more research. The fact sheet includes a table that provides information about the herbs and active or toxic ingredients under study by the NTP, including aloe vera gel, black walnut extract, comfrey, echinacea purpurea extract, ginkgo biloba extract, ginseng and ginsenosides, goldenseal, grape seed extract, kava kava, milk thistle extract, pulegone, and thujone.
Major Descriptors (MJ):
Herbal Medicine. Toxicology.
Minor Descriptors (MN):
Echinacea. Ginkgo Biloba. Ginseng. Aloe Vera. Comfrey. Kava. Milk Thistle. Black Cohosh.
Verification/Update Date (VE):
200405.
Notes (NT):
Copyright: No.
Accession Number (AN):
AMDC03334.
URL (LK):
http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/liason/factsheets/HerbMedFa cts.html
