Echinacea
- No echinacea or plant material was found in the supplement
Saw Palmetto
- Garlic and rice were found in the product
- Some samples contained small amounts of saw palmetto
Ginseng
- No ginseng detected
- Instead, rice, dracaena, pine, wheat/grass and citrus were found in the supplement
Gingko Biloba
- No gingko Biloba found in the dietary supplement
- Instead, the product included rice, dracaena, mustard, wheat and radish
St. John’s Wort
- No St. John’s Wort found
- Detected garlic, rice and cassava
Garlic
- One sample showed small amounts of garlic
- The product included rice, pine, palm, dracaena and wheat
Products By Walgreens, Finest Nutrition brand
Echinacea
- No echinacea detected
- They found garlic, rice and daisy
Saw Palmetto
Ginseng
- No ginseng found
- Detected garlic and rice
Gingko Biloba
- No gingko Biloba detected
- Rice was found in the product
St. John’s Wort
- No St. John’s Wort found
- Detected garlic, rice and dracaena
Garlic
- No garlic found
- Detected palm, dracaena, wheat and rice
Products by GNC, Herbal Plus brand:
Echinacea
- No echinacea found
- rice found in some samples
Saw Palmetto
- One sample contained the clear presence of palmetto
- Other samples contained a variety of ingredients, including rice, asparagus, and primrose
Ginseng
- No ginseng found
- detected rice, dracaena, pine, wheat/grass and citrus
Gingko Biloba:
- No gingko Biloba found
- Did detect allium (garlic), rice, spruce and asparagus
St. John’s Wort
- No St. John’s Wort found
- detected allium (garlic), rice and dracaena (a tropical houseplant)
Garlic
Products By Target, Up & Up brand
Echinacea
- Most, but not all tests detected Echinacea
- One test identified rice in the content
Saw Palmetto
- Most tests detected saw palmetto
- Some tests found no plant DNA
Valerian Root
- No valerian root found
- Detected asparagus, pea family, rice, wild carrot, allium, bean, and saw palmetto
Gingko Biloba
- No gingko Biloba detected
- Found garlic, rice and mung/French bean
St. John’s Wort
- No St. John’s Wort found
- Found garlic, rice and dracaena (houseplant)
Garlic
- Contained garlic
- One test identified no DNA
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