Diabetic patients taking the natural product goldenseal while taking the prescription drug metformin may be unwittingly sabotaging their efforts to maintain healthy blood glucose levels. Metformin -- ...

Funded by a $50,000 grant from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are conducting an 18-month study of the forest ...

Another study explored goldenseal’s antioxidant activity as it applied to cholesterol. In an in vivo study with rats, all rats were given a high-cholesterol diet and then randomly assigned to either ...

The herb goldenseal, a commonly used natural supplement, may dull the effect of medication used to stabilize glucose levels in people with type-2 diabetes, according to Washington State University ...

Developing a standardized drying protocol for goldenseal could lead to more predictable health applications and outcomes by preserving the alkaloids found in the plant, which is native to Appalachia, ...

Goldenseal is vulnerable to extinction, justifying a more stringent threat listing and greater conservation efforts, according to a recent article in HerbalGram. HerbalGram, the periodical published ...

One of the first known medicinal uses of goldenseal was by Native Americans, who used the indigenous plant’s roots and underground stem as a treatment for eye infections, diarrhea, fever, wounds, sore ...

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added Aloe vera, non-decolorized whole leaf extract and Goldenseal root powder to the list of chemicals known carcinogens. OEHHA ...

After 12 years of working the rich loam near Mount St. Helens, Roger Sego has found a golden key to organic farming success: a medicinal herb called He's succeeded in growing the medicinal herb while ...

Developing a standardized drying protocol for goldenseal could lead to more predictable health applications and outcomes by preserving the alkaloids found in the plant, which is native to Appalachia, ...