Herbs & Botanicals

According to the company, this third clinical study once again supports Sinetrol's utility in promoting body-fat loss and improved body composition.

The study found that supplementation with KSM-66 ashwagandha significantly improved circulating levels of thyroid hormones.

Putting commercial glucoraphanin on the map.

Educating consumers that beauty comes from within.

AHPA’s tools and efforts give industry companies new ways to ensure quality.

Focalis is a stimulant-free dietary supplement produced in a partnership between Focalis and Uniwell Laboratories.

The company notes that all grades of its Pomella Extract (which include Pomella FG [food grade] and Pomella Organic, among others) have now obtained self-GRAS status.

The document outlines maximum quantities of foreign matter acceptable in selected herbal raw materials.

Results of the unpublished clinical trial indicate that Neumentix can improve cognitive performance both in younger, healthy individuals and in older subjects.

I recently spoke with Jane Wilson, AHPA’s director of program development, about how its standardized best practices tools can be used up and down the botanical supply chain, and about how they hopefully will help bolster quality control and transparency throughout the botanical industry.

The company says that its citrus bioflavonoids, which are available in powder and granulated compression format, provide broad bioflavonoid profiles.

In a statement on the advisory, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, pointed to the “clear data on the increasing harms associated with kratom.”

In a statement on the advisory, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, pointed to the “clear data on the increasing harms associated with kratom.”

The recently published peer-reviewed study suggests a mechanism by which these polyphenols may exert their joint-health benefits.

As consumer demand for natural ingredients continues to grow, lesser–known botanicals, backed by millennia-old healing traditions and supported by contemporary research, are poised to steal the spotlight in 2018.

The powder was developed with Olene's patented Aqueosome processing technology, which allows for the safe production of ginger oleoresin powder without the use of solvents, and which purportedly yields a finished active-compound standardization level greater than 26%.

The company said that consumers’ failure to correctly identify “bad” cholesterol highlights the importance of consumer education.

The latest research on brain health ingredients indicates products are meeting consumer needs and offer significant opportunity for category growth.

Exploring a few of the top-selling male sexual health ingredients for their science, but also for their recent market challenges.

The new "superfruit ingredient" debuted at SupplySide West 2017.

The study found that bilberry extract, in the form of Indena S.p.A.’s Mirtoselect, is naturally bioavailable and may play a key role in improving tear secretion and plasmatic antioxidant potential in subjects suffering from dry eye.

The company inaugurated its second continuous extraction plant on October 5, 2017, largely to satisfy demand for its Curcumin C3 Complex.

The clinical study found that the polyphenol-rich blend of botanical extracts can alleviate muscle soreness and shorten athletes’ time to recovery.

These days, you can’t be in the supplement biz without being in the transparency biz. Or the traceability one.

The Carbohydrate, Appetite Reduction, Blood Sugar, and Satiety (CARBS) study found that Salacia extract, as OmniActive’s proprietary OmniLean ingredient, may help to control subjects’ appetites and improve overall satiety.