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NIH establishes
two new centers for supplement research
With nearly $15 million in funding from
the National Institutes of Health over the next five years, Purdue
University in Indiana and the University of Arizona in Tucson
will establish Centers for Dietary Supplement Research. Purdue
researchers will collaborate with colleagues from the University
of Alabama, Birmingham to study polyphenols in green tea, soy,
grapes, red clover, and kudzu. Ayurvedic medicine will be the
focus at the University of Arizona's center, where the active
constituents and pharmacological activity of boswellia, turmeric,
and ginger will be studied. NIH established its first two supplement
research centers last year, at UCLA and the University of Illinois,
Chicago. The Tan Sheet, Sept. 25, 2000; The Indianapolis
Star, Sept. 21, 2000.
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