Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-7517, USA.
Fitoterapia. 2011 Jan;82(1):11-3. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2010.11.013. Epub 2010 Nov 12.
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) were both established by Congress in the 1990s. ODS aims to strengthen knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements (DS). NCCAM promotes exploration of complementary and alternative medicine in the context of rigorous science. Together, they developed the Botanical Research Centers Program to promote interdisciplinary study of botanicals, particularly those found in DS, by supporting research activities ranging from plant and characterization to preclinical and early-phase clinical studies. These Centers are part of the coordinated efforts of ODS and NCCAM to enhance botanical research.
膳食补充剂办公室（ODS）和国家补充与替代医学中心（NCCAM）均由国会于 20 世纪 90 年代设立。ODS 的目标是加强对膳食补充剂（DS）的知识和理解。NCCAM 则促进在严谨科学的背景下探索补充和替代医学。它们共同制定了植物研究中心计划，通过支持从植物和特性鉴定到临床前和早期临床研究等各种研究活动，促进对植物，特别是 DS 中发现的植物的跨学科研究。这些中心是 ODS 和 NCCAM 加强植物学研究的协调努力的一部分。
