ABSTRACT

Dietary supplements are estimated to be used regularly by almost 60% of the American population, and over 300 million people worldwide. An important and ever-growing portion of this market is in botanical supplements that are derived from natural plants. Natural, however, does not necessarily mean safe, and although plants can provide health-essent

chapter 1|17 pages

An introduction to dietary supplements of plant origin

Definitions, background and an overview of this volume

chapter 8|16 pages

Interaction of herbs with other medicines

The example of St John’s wort