title: ePlantLIBRA: A composition and biological activity database for bioactive compounds in plant food supplements.
abstract: The newly developed ePlantLIBRA database is a comprehensive and searchable database, with up-to-date coherent and validated scientific information on plant food supplement (PFS) bioactive compounds, with putative health benefits as well as adverse effects, and contaminants and residues. It is the only web-based database available compiling peer reviewed publications and case studies on PFS. A user-friendly, efficient and flexible interface has been developed for searching, extracting, and exporting the data, including links to the original references. Data from over 570 publications have been quality evaluated and entered covering 70 PFS or their botanical ingredients.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Research, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK. Electronic address: jenny.plumb@ifr.ac.uk.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plumb
authors.affiliation: School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.affiliation: National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, 2860 Søborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nørby
authors.affiliation: Food and Environment Research Agency, York YO41 1LZ, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Polytec ApS, Niva, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nørby
authors.affiliation: MoniQA-International Association for Monitoring and Quality Assurance, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poms
authors.affiliation: Hylobates Consulting Srl, via Tarsia 61, 00135 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bucchini
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Restani
authors.affiliation: School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiely
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Research, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Finglas
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000032:analysis*; D064209:Phytochemicals / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D064209:Phytochemicals
keywords: Bioactive compounds; Botanicals; Composition; Database; Herbals; Phytochemicals; Plant food supplements: risk benefit; ePlantLIBRA