According to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Silver Spring, MD, The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently announced the publication of its Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements, 2nd Edition.
This new edition contains new chapters on several botanicals, including aloe vera, bilberry, bitter orange, black cohosh, kava, and saw palmetto. AHPA chief science officer, Steven Dentali, PhD, and chief operations officer, Devon Powell, contributed as co-authors of the aloe vera chapter.
Peer reviewed by experts, chapters include information such as ingredient reviews, including where applicable the latest data, its chemistry and functions, pre-clinical and clinical literature, regulatory status and references to relevant literature.
“AHPA is proud to have contributed to this project,” said Dr. Dentali, “Having clear and consistent information on botanicals in an authoritative publication such as this will greatly benefit the industry.”