Table 3.
Evaluation of data element across existing dietary supplement databases Data elements Databases
| Data elements | Databases (CV/M) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sections | Facet | Ingredient level | Product level | ||||
| DSID | NM* | NHPID* | DSLD | LNHPD* | |||
| M* | CV | M* | |||||
| 1. Title & introductory information | 1a. Type/Classification/Category (vitamin, mineral (or element), herb/botanical, amino acid/protein, other dietary substance supplementing the diet, metabolite, constituent, extract, isolate, or combination of any of these and combination of any of the above ingredients listed in 1–6 above) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 1b. Source (lower plant; animal; chemical; higher plant; bacteria; not identified) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 1c. Part of source (process-extract, concentrate etc.); anatomical part (animal, plant) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 1d. History/Country of origin | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 1e. Names: common name, variant spelling, proper names (scientific/Latin/chemical name), product name, synonyms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 1f. Composition/Ingredients/Constituents (medicinal (single, combination), non-medicinal) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2. Purpose of use | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 3. Mechanism of action | - | ✓ | |||||
| 4. Pharmacokinetics | Absorption/Distribution/Elimination | ✓ | |||||
| 5. Dosage & administration | 5a. Dose (general; adjusted for age/comorbidity/pregnancy/lactation) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 5b. Administration (topical, oral, injectable etc.) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 5c. Physical state/shape/form (tablet, capsule etc.) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 5d. Unit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 6. Cautions | 6a. Side effects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 6b. Adverse reactions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 6c. Contraindications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 6d. Sensitivity reaction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 6e. Interactions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 6f. Toxicity/Treatment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 6g. Precautions for specific use (pregnancy, lactation, age dependent, hepatic/renal impairment) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 6h. Safety/Interaction rating | ✓ | ||||||
| 7. Packaging/Manufacturing information | 7a. Formulation/Preservation (irradiation, gases etc.) | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 7b. Packaging medium (alcohol, gas, other) | |||||||
| 7c. Contact surface (glass, metal, paper etc.) | |||||||
| 7d. Outside Package (bottle, blister packet etc.) | ✓ | ||||||
| 7e. Stability (expiration, storage) | ✓ | ||||||
| 7f. Net content | ✓ | ||||||
| 7g. Proprietary flavors | ✓ | ||||||
| 7h. Contact information | ✓ | ||||||
| 7i. Brand Intellectual Property Statement | ✓ | ||||||
| 7k. Labelling information | ✓ | ||||||
| 7l. Regulations/Licensing information | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 8. *EBM | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Note: LNHPD* has controlled vocabularies at primarily at product level full with a cross link to full monograph at the ingredient level. NHPID* and NM* have controlled vocabularies at ingredient level with a cross link to full monograph at the ingredient level. LNHPD and NHPID share same monographs. DSLD and LNHPD has additional information about product licensing and tracking.