Research guides: Pharmacy eResources: Herbs & Supplements

Monographs for Herbs and Supplements

Natural Medicines This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based, peer-reviewed information on herbals, vitamins, minerals, other dietary spplements. The database is searchable by individual herb, supplement, disease condition or complementary practice.
Lexi-Comp Online This link opens in a new window
Conduct a search and then scroll down to see results under Natural Products Database or click on Indexes tab and scroll to Natural Products Database to browse through the names of products.
Micromedex Healthcare Series This link opens in a new window
AltMedDex is one of the databases in Micromedex and provides referenced information on herbals, vitamins, minerals, other dietary supplements, and Chinese medicine.

Martindale : the complete drug reference
ISBN: 9780853698401
The most recent edition is available in print in the Short Term Loan section at Gerstein Science Information Centre, call number RS141.3 .M3.

Provides best evidence by gathering systematic reviews, meta-analyses of complementary and alternative therapies

Information on various CAM modalities, disease/conditions and treatment/therapies; includes alerts and advisories

Use and safety of dietary supplements; fact sheets and nutrient recommendation reports and tables; IBIDS database provides bibliographic citations and abstracts