Echinacea

NSF Shanghai Lab Earns Accreditation

NSF International, an independent global organization that writes public health standards, tests and certifies products for the dietary supplement industry, achieved ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from the China National Accreditation Service (CNAS) for its laboratory in ...More
March 8, 2012
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Fine-Tuning the Immune System

Immune health continues to be an important segment for consumers and industry, but only certain natural ingredients are backed by recent research. However, this growing library of research touches all corners of the supplement world, including basic nutrients, botanicals ...More
January 30, 2012 By Steve Myers
Posted in Articles, Immune Health
Herbs Well Researched, Despite Media Bias

Some critics of botanicals say research is limited and the studies that are available are of poor quality. However, a 2010 study found 6,300 studies were conducted on botanicals in 2007 alone, and many of these were high-quality clinical trials, noted Mark Blumenthal, ...More
October 31, 2011
Posted in News, Immune Health
Immune Health: Botanicals

From increased resistance to infections to antimicrobial actions, immunomodulatory botanical are among the most researched natural ingredients in immune health. ...More
January 18, 2011 By Steve Myers
Posted in Articles, Immune Health
Indena, Jamieson Labs Partner to Fight Flu

Indena has entered into an exclusivity agreement in Canada and for some U.S. distribution channels with Jamieson Laboratories to use Polinacea® as the key ingredient in its groundbreaking FluShield™ formula. ...More
October 1, 2010
Posted in News, Immune Health
NIH Funds 5 Botanical Research Centers

Tha National Institutes of Health announced the 5 Botanical Research Centers to each be funded at $1.5 million per year for 5 years. ...More
August 31, 2010
Posted in Blog, Immune Health
American Herbal Pharmacopoeia ~ E. pallida Monograph

The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) released a monograph on Echinacea pallida root, covering quality control standards and therapeutic compendium. ...More
August 23, 2010
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ConsumerLab Reviews Echinacea Supplements

ConsumerLab tested 16 Echinacea products, finding no concerns with microbial, pesticide or heavy metal contamination; the company did note the amount of herb included in the products varied widely. ...More
July 1, 2010
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Dietary Supplement Sales Increase

Sales of herbal dietary supplements in the United States increased by almost 5 percent in 2009, reaching a total estimated figure of more than $5 billion, according to a new report published in HerbalGram, the nonprofit American Botanical Council’s (ABC) quarterly journal. ...More
May 10, 2010
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AHP Releases Monograph Standards on Echinacea

The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia® (AHP), a California-based non-profit research organization, released its quality control standards and therapeutic compendium for the popular botanical dietary supplement Echinacea angustifolia Root. ...More
April 27, 2010
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