Sambucus nigra
New BAPP Paper Reveals Challenges in Determining Adulteration Rates for Popular Botanical Ingredients
While reports confirming the adulteration of specific botanicals are published on a regular basis, reliable data regarding the extent of the adulteration in botanical dietary supplements and herbal medicines are lacking. The nonprofit ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) therefore initiated a systematic review of publicly available information on the authenticity of five popular botanicals, and preparations ...
INS Farms Supports Elderberry Fingerprint Testing
Devin Bennett, CEO of Missouri-based INS Farms, a leading grower and supplier of North American elderberry ingredients, has announced the company’s commitment to continued authenticity of its elderberry, as demand continues unabated. According to the Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP), including American Botanical Council (ABC), the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP), and the National Center for ...
AHPA Updates Online Botanical Safety Handbook
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) continues to expand and update the online Botanical Safety Handbook 2nd ed. to provide the herbal industry with comprehensive safety information on more than 500 species of herbs from clinical trials, pharmacological and toxicological studies, medical case reports and historical texts. The latest updates and additions, include: Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) was revised to ...
Alkemist Labs Issues Warning to Industry on “Dry Reporting”
Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA) has found some ingredient suppliers and marketing companies have been altering valid lab reports and using those falsified reports to promote their products. The alterations have taken multiple forms, from changing or removing the client name to replacing the lot number, and have even gone so far as to change ...
INS Farms’ Elder Pure Tru-ID Certified
INS Farms (Purdy, MO) has announced that its flagship North American black elderberry ingredient Elder Pure is now Tru-ID certified. Elder Pure is US-cultivated Sambucus nigraand is a sustainable source that can be authenticated, according to INS Farms CEO Devon Bennett. The Tru-ID testing certification “authenticates that the elderberry is the species we have identified ...
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