Source: LOHAS Weekly Newsletter
Published: Sunday, November 01, 1998

Whitehall-Robins, a division of American Home Products Corp. (AHP), launched a new herbal supplement line of six products under the Centrum umbrella. The Centrum Herbals line uses a new PharmaPrint Inc. (PPRT) standardization technology that is said to ensure that beneficial active ingredients in each herb are consistently present in each capsule or softgel. The line includes echinacea, garlic, ginkgo biloba, ginseng, saw palmetto and St. John’s wort. The company plans to seek FDA approval to sell the most effective herbs as prescription drug