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ArticleClinical pharmacology and therapeutics2018

Getting to the Root of the Matter: Challenges and Recommendations for Assessing the Safety of Botanical Dietary Supplements.

Cynthia V Rider, Nigel J Walker, Suramya Waidyanatha

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Article in Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Working with the natural complexity: Selection and characterization of black cohosh root extract for use in toxicology testing.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2022
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  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. A strategy for test article selection and phytochemical characterization of Echinacea purpurea extract for safety testing.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2020
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  6. Improving natural product research translation: From source to clinical trial.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2020
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  7. Article
  8. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Cynthia V RiderDivision of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Nigel J WalkerDivision of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Suramya WaidyanathaDivision of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.

Funding

Toxicological Assessments for the National Toxicology ProgramZIAES103316 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WALKER, NIGEL J · 2016 to 2019
$31.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 ES999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The National Toxicology Program's (NTP) mission is "to evaluate agents of public health concern, by developing and applying the tools of modern toxicology and molecular biology." Botanical dietary supplements (BDS) represent agents of public health concern due to widespread exposure to high doses, a lack of safety data for most products, variable quality, and reports of adverse events. This commentary will address lessons learned in NTP testing activities with BDS and recommendations for moving forward.

Indexed as

Consumer Product SafetyPatient SafetyPharmacovigilanceQuality ControlToxicity TestsAnimalsDietary SupplementsHumansPhytotherapyPlant PreparationsQuality ImprovementRisk AssessmentPlant Preparations

Identifiers

PMID29745419
PMCPMC6113061

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