Information on specific plants such as Mistletoe. To locate the report, go to the OTA Publications section , then go to the Cancer publications under Reports by Topic. This is a specialized database devoted to providing data on chemicals found in medicinal plants, including quantity, taxonomic occurrence, and activity. This is a searchable database with information on over 4,000 drugs. A separate CAM section has monographs and FAQs for Chinese herbal remedies.
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Consumer Protection QuackWatch Dedicated to the exposure of health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. An online discussion group for clinical pharmacologists. A moderated discussion group of experts in medicinal and aromatic plants. This database is based on a two-volume book of the same name containing 17,634 items representing the medicinal uses of 2,147 species from 760 genera and 142 families by 123 different native American groups. This database lists plants found in the Amazon rainforests.