UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplement Research in Women's Health

On Tuesday,March 23,2010 the UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research held a symposium entitled the Developments in Botanical Dietary Supplement Research from 1994 to Today. The symposium reviewed and discussed scientific developments in botanical dietary supplements research and regulation since 1994, when the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act was passed.

Session 1: Regulation and Funding
-History and Overview of DSHEA
Speaker: Annette Dickinson
-Role of Dietary Supplement Research Centers Program and
Synergism between ODS and NCCAM
Speakers: Paul Coates and Catherine Meyers (for Josephine Briggs)
-Regulation of Research: Is it a drug trial or a supplement trial?
Speaker: Shaw Chen
Introduction:

Regulation and funding

Session 2: Investigating Product Integrity and Defining Quality
       -Systematically Evaluating Chinese Medicinal Plants Using State-of-the-Science Technologies
Speaker: David M. Eisenberg
-Synergism and the "Whole Herb" Concept
Speaker: Hildebert Wagner
-New Approaches to Measurement of Botanicals
Speaker: Richard van Breemen
-Accuracy, Precision and Reliability of Chemical Measurement
Speaker: Joseph Betz

Investigating Product Integrity and Defining Quality

    Session 3: Understanding Bioactivity-ADME and Mechanistic Studies
-Pharmacokinetics and Bioavailibility of Botanicals
Speaker: Susanne Mertens-Talcott
-Role of the Gut in Bioactivity of Botanicals
Speaker: Sam Possemiers
-Discovering Mechanisms of Action of Botanicals
Speaker: Joanna Burdette

Understanding Bioactiveity-Adme and Mechanistic Studies

    Session 4: Generating Clinical Evidence
       -The Classical Drug Discovery Approach to Defining Bioactive Constituents of Botanicals
Speaker: Doug Kinghorn
-Herbal Clinical Trial Designs: The Perils at Starting at Phase 3
Speaker: Jonathan (Josh) Berman
-Discussion of a Well-designed Clinical Trial Which Did Demonstrate Effectiveness: Tripterygium wilfordii vs.
Sulfasalazine for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Speaker: Bill Marks
-Discussion of a Well-designed Clinical Trial Which Did Not Demonstrate Effectiveness: UIC Botanical Center Black   
Cohosh Red Clover
Speaker: Lee Shulman

Generating Clinical Evidence

Dinner Roast Honoring Dr.Norman Farnsworth

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