What Gives Elder Its Power?

Elder is particularly interesting because its berries and flowers have different chemical profiles, even though they come from the same plant. The dark colour of elderberries comes from compounds called anthocyanins, especially cyanidin derivatives. These natural...

Rosemary: What Do We Really Know?

Modern research suggests that rosemary has several promising applications, but the clinical evidence is not yet equally strong across all of them. Oral rosemary extracts have produced interesting human findings in areas such as cognitive performance, mood, fatigue and...

Where Does Rosemary Have the Strongest Evidence?

Rosemary has been investigated in several areas of human health, but the clinical evidence is still developing. One particularly interesting area is cognition, mood and fatigue. A controlled study in healthy working-age adults found that regular intake of rosemary...

What Gives Rosemary Its Power?

Rosemary contains two quite different groups of natural compounds, depending on whether we look at its extracts or its essential oil. Alcoholic and hydroalcoholic extracts of Rosmarinus officinalis, now also known scientifically as Salvia rosmarinus, are particularly...

What Gives Chamomile Its Power?

Chamomile contains two quite different groups of natural compounds, depending on whether we look at its extracts or its essential oil. Alcoholic and hydroalcoholic extracts of Matricaria chamomilla are particularly rich in flavonoids. The best known is apigenin,...