Ingredient Category: Compound/nutraceutical
Juice Cleanses / Powders
Juice cleanses and greens/superfood powders are supplement category products combining fruit/vegetable juice concentrates, greens blends (wheatgrass, barley grass, spirulina), and…
Papain
Papain is a cysteine protease enzyme extracted from unripe Carica papaya fruit latex [1]. It is used as a digestive…
Lycium / Wolfberry
This is an alternate name entry for Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum). See 'Goji Berry' for the complete 36-section clinical profile…
Bhumi Amla
Bhumi Amla (Phyllanthus niruri, P. amarus — 'stonebreaker' or 'seed-under-leaf') is a pan-tropical herb used in Ayurveda, Brazilian, and African…
Guggul
Guggul (Commiphora wightii/mukul) is an Ayurvedic oleo-gum-resin containing guggulsterones (Z and E isomers) that antagonize the farnesoid X receptor (FXR)…
Wormwood (high thujone)
Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) contains thujone, a GABA-A receptor antagonist (convulsant) that is the neurotoxic component historically responsible for 'absinthism' [1].…
Dan Shen (Salvia)
Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza, red sage root) is one of TCM's most important cardiovascular herbs, containing tanshinones (lipophilic, anti-inflammatory) and…
Melatonin (high dose >5 mg)
This entry addresses HIGH-DOSE melatonin (>5 mg/day), which has become increasingly common in US supplements (10–20 mg products widely available)…