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PubMed is produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, and provides citations for millions of biomedical articles.
For Dietary Supplements, the following Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) will result in the retrieval of many relevant articles:
- Dietary Supplements
- Medicinal Plants
- Vitamins
Also in Additional Filters, under Subjects, you can select Complementary Medicine.
Specialized Websites
- Natural MedicinesNatural Medicines is a database founded by clinicians and researchers to provide high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies.
- Health Canada - Licensed Natural Health Products Database (LNHPD)The Licensed Natural Health Products Database contains information about natural health products that have been issued a product licence by Health Canada.
- NIH - Dietary Supplements Labels DatabaseThis site offers information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements. Information is also provided on the health benefits claimed by manufacturers.
- Dietary Supplement Fact SheetsFact sheets for various dietary supplements
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre: About Herbs, Botanicals & Other ProductsFrom the cancer centre’s Integrative Medicine Service, this site offers evidence-based information on herbs, botanicals and supplements. It includes clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and poten
- Longwood Herbal Tasks ForceThis website features evidence-based monographs on herbal products and dietary supplements. It includes Herb and Supplement Clinician Information Summaries as well as Patient Fact Sheets.