title: Development of Safe and Effective Botanical Dietary Supplements.
abstract: Regulated differently than drugs or foods, the market for botanical dietary supplements continues to grow worldwide. The recently implemented U.S. FDA regulation that all botanical dietary supplements must be produced using good manufacturing practice is an important step toward enhancing the safety of these products, but additional safeguards could be implemented, and unlike drugs, there are currently no efficacy requirements. To ensure a safe and effective product, botanical dietary supplements should be developed in a manner analogous to pharmaceuticals that involves identification of mechanisms of action and active constituents, chemical standardization based on the active compounds, biological standardization based on pharmacological activity, preclinical evaluation of toxicity and potential for drug-botanical interactions, metabolism of active compounds, and finally, clinical studies of safety and efficacy. Completing these steps will enable the translation of botanicals from the field to safe human use as dietary supplements.
authors.affiliation: UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy , 833 S. Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States.
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: van Breemen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001688:Biological Products / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000633:toxicity; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000633:toxicity; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D028321:Plant Preparations