TABLE 1

The common names, scientific names, brand names, and amounts per serving of the herbal supplements evaluated in this study

Each supplement was procured commercially and used directly by dissolution in culture medium without further extraction. The amount per serving represents the weight of herb extract in each recommended administration unit (e.g., per capsule) as indicated on the product label.

Herbal Supplement	Scientific Name	Brand Name	Amount per Serving	Herbal Supplement	Scientific Name	Brand Name	Amount per Serving
Aloe vera	Aloe vera	Spring Valley	25 mg	Guarana	Paullinia cupana	GNC	250 mg
Black cohosh	Cimicifuga racemosa	GNC	40 mg	Horehound	Marrubium vulgare	Botanic Choice	250 mg
		Nature’s Way	40 mg			Eleclectic Institute	250 mg
		Sundance	540 mg			Nature’s Answer	2000 mg
Black elderberry	Sambucus nigra	Horbacch	2000 mg	Maca	Lepidium meyenil	Sanvall Enterprises	500 mg
		Nature’s Way	575 mg	Milk thistle	Silybum marianum	GNC	200 mg
		NOW	500 mg	Oregano	Origanum vulgare	Nature’s Answer	150 mg
Cinnamon	Cinnamomum cassia	Spring Valley	500 mg	Red yeast rice	Monascus purpureus	Spring Valley	600 mg
Cranberry	Vaccinium macrocarpon	James Lake Farm Inc.	500 mg	Rhodiola	Rhodiola rosea	Nature’s Answer	100 mg
Echinacea	Echinacea purpurea	GNC	500 mg	Saw palmetto	Serenoa repens	GNC	540 mg
		Nature’s Way	1200 mg	Soy isoflavone concentrate	Glycine max	GNC	50 mg
		Puritan’s Pride	400 mg	Spirulina	Anthrospira platensis	Spring Valley	400 mg
Evening primrose oil	Oenothera biennis	Spring Valley	610 mg	St. John’s wort	Hypericum perforatum	GNC	300 mg
Fenugreek	Trigonella foenum-graecum	Spring Valley	200 mg			Nature’s Bounty
Flaxseed oil	Linum Usitatissimum	Spring Valley	1000 mg			Sundown Naturals
Garlic	Allium Sativum	GNC	500 mg	Turmeric curcumin	Curcuma longa	General wellness	500 mg
Ginger root	Zingiber officinale	Spring Valley	550 mg	Valerian Root	Valeriana officinalis	GNC	5000 mg
Ginkgo	Ginkgo biloba	GNC	60 mg			Nature’s Bounty	450 mg
Ginseng	Panex ginseng	GNC	600 mg			Nature’s Way	530 mg
Grapefruit juice	Citrus paradisi	Simple Orange Juice	50 ml	Wheat grass juice	Triticum aestivum	Sunny Green	100 mg
Green tea extract	Camellia siensis	Nature’s Bounty	315 mg	White kidney bean	Phaseolus vulgaris	Nature’s Way	1000 mg
		NOW	400 mg
		Spring Valley	315 mg