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Natural Health Products Ingredients Database Web Application Guide

Figure 3: Sample Search Result

This image displays a successful ingredient search by showing search results for the ingredient name that was entered for the initial search, and the resulting Proper Names and Common Names. In this example, “calcium*” has been entered in the Search for field, and “All” has been selected for the Role field. The example also displays the search result table with the statement “Your search found 166 ingredients”.  The following column headings are provided in the results section: Ingredient, Proper Name(s), and Common Name(s). Results are shown for ingredients ‘Acamprosate calcium’, ‘Calcium’ and ‘Calcium 4-methyl-w-oxovalerate’.  Some pre-cleared information links are given with the results of ingredient ‘Calcium’.