the Stakeholder Panel on Dietary Supplements

Significance of Analysis ▪ Need to know strength of raw materials, ingredients, and finished products ▪ Quantitate total kavalactones – list in order or perdominance ▪ Perceived need to determine cultivar type of starting material (noble cultivar vs. two-day) ▪ Quantitate amounts of individual six major kavalactones ▪ Different cultivars are regulated differently in Vanuvatu ▪ Concern for controlling/limiting amount of suspected hazard ▪ Limits for flavokavain B (< 2 mg/g) have been proposed.*

* Planta Med. 2015 Dec;81(18):1647-53. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1558295.