Library : Useful Websites : Dietary Supplements & Herbs

Life West provides links to external websites as a service to students who want to diversify their studies.  No endorsement is implied.

Dietary Supplements Labels Database
http://dietarysupplements.nlm.nih.gov/   Detailed information from the labels of over 3,000 brands of supplements such as vitamins, minerals, herbs and other botanicals, and amino acids fromthe Dietary Supplements On-Line Database by DeLima Associates. Also provides lists of products marketed to special groups such as women, children, or seniors, and provides links to topical content available at other government sites and databases.

Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
National Library of Medicine's portal includes information about supplements and herbal information, provided by Natural Standard ©, and links to other resources.

Herbs at a Glance
http://www.nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm
U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides fact sheets about specific herbs and botanicals.

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database
http://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/IBIDS.aspx
Collaboration between USDA and NIH provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, and scientific literature on dietary supplements.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

http://nccam.nih.gov/

Resources for health professionals and the public to better understand CAM.    Health Topics Ato Z lists available factsheets, including herbs and various preparations.