Plant Extracts

Plant extracts may help reduce hot flashes during menopause

15-Feb-2024 By Olivia DeSmit

A systematic review published in Phytotherapy Research reported benefits for soy, red clover and other plant-based extracts for hot flashes and other menopause symptoms.

Nektium expands botanical ingredient portfolio

12-Apr-2022 By Kavitha Sivasubramaniam

Spain-based botanical ingredients business Nektium has broadened its portfolio to enter the food and beverage market, enabling its products to be used in a variety of applications in addition to supplements.

Leaves of Siberian ginseng and drynariae rhizome stems may enhance cognitive functions, Japan RCT

25-Mar-2020 By Guan Yu Lim

A combination two plant extracts, ginseng and Rhizoma, could enhance cognitive function in healthy adults, suggests the findings of a new RCT.

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Evidence of efficacy: China’s regulator urges firms to contribute ingredient data to health food registry

04-Jul-2019 By Tingmin Koe

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is encouraging health food firms to contribute to the expansion of the Health Food Raw Materials Directory by presenting evidence to support the functional efficacy of ingredients to the unit.

Martin Bauer Group expands global botanicals empire with BI Nutraceuticals acquisition

25-Mar-2019 By Adi Menayang

Global botanicals firm Martin Bauer Group acquired California-based BI Nutraceuticals to boost its US business.