"I really don't think there has been enough work done on the benefits of green tea in cosmetics or any of the botanical products," he said.

In 1995 it was renamed Pure World, Inc. after its largest subsidiary, a supplier of kava and other botanical products.

That same year he filed a patent for the industrial method of producing the first botanical product based on OPCs.

Tests are ongoing on this botanical product, which is used by many to boost their memory and is approved in Germany for treating Alzheimer's disease.

Insect repellents containing certain botanical products, including oil of eucalyptus and soybean oil, are effective but last only 1 to two hours.

They included treatises on the botanical and mineral products of America, and "American distempers as cured by American drugs".

For clarification and 'truth in labeling' within the botanical products industry and to quell rising consumer confusion, an emerging standard has been proposed that defines that:

Warfarin can interact with certain herbal (botanical) products, which can increase your risk of bleeding.

Fighter Fix is an herbal liniment made from botanical products from Thailand.

Foods and supplements with health benefits include many of the major botanical products like garlic, ginseng, hawthorn, echinacea, ginko and bilberry.