NIEHS Research Initiatives: Herbal Medicines
Internet URL
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/resinits/ri-16.htm
Sponsoring Agency
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
Description
In response to the increased use of medicinal herbs by the U.S. population, the NIEHS/National Toxicology Program (NTP) has recently received an increased number of nominations of herbal preparations for study, both from the general public and from other Federal agencies. Those with particular relevance to NIEHS include: the need to identify the toxicity of herbs and the dose at which toxicity occurs; the need to understand the interactions between different herbs and the adverse consequences of herbal combinations; and the need to identify sensitive subpopulations such as the fetus, children, and the aged. The NIEHS/NTP already has plans to begin rodent studies of some herbal products for which there is no long-term data.
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