New Issue of JDS Released

Feb. 6, 2009 - PRLog -- Somerville, MA – The latest issue of the Journal of Dietary Supplements (JDS) is now available, meeting a broad range of interests from researchers, regulators, marketers, educators and health professionals.

Evidence-based information regarding dietary supplements is lacking, and JDS is unique in its discussion of clinical research in this area. Many consumers use herbs and supplements, but are not prompted to discuss their supplemental regimen with their physicians. This lack of communication can be linked to countless drug-supplement interactions that have resulted in both illnesses and deaths.

The international, peer-reviewed journal aims to help consumers and clinicians make informed decisions about the preparations, foods and botanicals that are used to improve health. The journal provides a much-needed forum to help guide the development of the dietary supplement industry.


The latest issue (volume 5, issue 4), features the following original articles:

•   Factors Associated with the Use of St. John's Wort among Adults with Depressive Symptoms
•   Tropical American Plants in the Treatment of Infectious Diseases
•   Pharmacokinetic Study of Noni Fruit Extract
•   Use of Tryptophan-Fortified Hydrolyzed Collagen for Nutritional Support
•   Effects of Turmeric Extract on the Pharmacokinetics of Nifedipine After a Single Oral
•   Administration in Healthy Volunteers
•   Essential Concepts and Vocabulary in Herbal Medicine

The issue also includes a Natural Standard Professional Monograph on blessed thistle. The evidence-based systematic review provides written and statistical analyses of scientific literature, expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology and dosing information.

Researchers are invited to send manuscript submissions via e-mail to: jds@naturalstandard.com,
ATTN: JDS. Please fill out the manuscript submission form and e-mail, mail or fax to: Natural Standard One Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144 USA, Fax: 617.591.3399, Phone:
617.591.3300.

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Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that provides high-quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

Using a comprehensive methodology and reproducible grading scales, our monographs are evidence-based, consensus-based, and peer-reviewed, tapping into the expertise of a multidisciplinary Editorial Board. Our mission is to provide objective, reliable information that helps clinicians, patients, and healthcare institutions make more informed and safer therapeutic decisions.