Herbs & Botanicals

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At AHPA’s 10th Botanical Congress, botanical industry stakeholders described the impacts of climate change on the botanical and herbal supply chain.

Will climate change hurt the botanicals industry? It already is.

The elderberry portfolio includes extracts standardized to 6% and 10% anthocyanins in both standard and organic grades.

PLT Health Solutions to supply fully traceable and standardized black elderberry extracts for North American market

Alissa Marrapodi is Industry Insights Contributor, Custom Content Editor, MJH Life Sciences.

The new Laboratory Guidance Document provides an evaluation of 46 analytical methods and their suitability to authenticate Boswellia serrata oleogum resin and its extracts.

ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program publishes guidance document on Boswellia serrata

Kimberly J. Decker writes for the food and nutrition industries from her base in the San Francisco area where she enjoys eating food as much as she does writing about it.

It’s no wonder that the botanical industry has fixated on fears of adulteration in these challenging times.

Identity crisis: The global supply chain is in chaos. Can you trust your botanicals’ authenticity?

The study, which the company expects to publish later this year, found that enXtra from OmniActive Health Technology quickly increased subjects' mental alertness that sustained for five hours.

Proprietary Thai ginger extract improves mental alertness, attention, focus, according to new study

ChenlandNutritionals’ ingredient CuminUP60 is now self-affirmed GRAS (generally recognized as safe) with assistance from GRAS Associates, a fully owned subsidiary of Nutrasource

CuminUP60 from Chenland Nutritionals now self-affirmed GRAS

Tower replaces outgoing general manager Guy Woodman, who is retiring.

Euromed USA appoints Chris Tower general manager

Hemp advocacy group the U.S. Hemp Roundtable reiterated its belief that legal protections should cover all hemp cannabinoids and not just CBD.

U.S. Hemp Roundtable asks senators to expand legal protections to all hemp cannabinoids in Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

With elderberry’s fortunes rising along with the research, can we expect its good luck to continue?

Respect your elders: Checking in with elderberry

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) is a consultant, specialty chemicals, for 

. ChemBizR is a boutique business research and consulting partner of chemical companies globally, involved in addressing companies’ critical business challenges and strategic growth initiatives to help them transform their enterprise for sustainable growth in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving environment. For more information, e-mail 

Anthocyanins hold value beyond their coloring effects. They can impart many functional properties in functional and nutritional foods, too.