Clinical Research: Alistrol Ingredients

Independent clinical research studies have evaluated the ingredients in Alistrol:

altmedicine.about.com/cs/herbsvitaminsek/a/Hypertension.htm

www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=24310.0

w.wikihow.com/Reduce-High-Blood-Pressure

www.realage.com/blogs/doctor-oz-roizen/does-hawthorn-berry-extract-lower-blood-pressure

www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/Heart/hypert_home.htm

www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/hawthorn-000256.htm

health.ezinemark.com/high-blood-pressure-characteristics-of-all-natural-blood-pressure-medicines-7d3394ee814b.html
www.zhion.com/herb/Radish_Benefits.html (daikon, in rats)

www.res-medical.com/chinese-medicine/57377 (looks like a complete article) 

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0031942286800267 (a paper with both Chinese and Japanese authorship) 

pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf901020h (a Hong King and Chinese paper on three herbs) 

informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1076/phbi.39.3.221.5934 (concerns preparation of pathogen-free Ilex cornuta extracts) 

pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf0206421 (another Hong King and Chinese paper, on 'bitter tea')

www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090285915 (a Canadian patent application for a medicinal tea)

Formal Papers

Walker AF, Marakis G, Simpson E, Hope JL, Robinson PA, Hassanein M, Simpson HC. "Hypotensive effects of hawthorn for patients with diabetes taking prescription drugs: a randomised controlled trial." Br J Gen Pract.56. 527 (2006): 437-443.

Phytomedicine. 2003;10 Suppl 4:61-7.Links
Dose-response related efficacy in orthostatic hypotension of a fixed combination of D-camphor and an extract from fresh crataegus berries and the contribution of the single components.  Belz GG, Loew D.

Is There Any Natural and Safe High Blood Pressure Herbal Remedy?   Peter Filinovich   Posted:  Jan.24, 2012  www.articlesbase.com
(CAUTION!  The caption is tagged in such a way as to hinder access.  It praises Alistrol's four ingredients without mentioning Alistrol.)  

Arzneimittelforschung. 2005;55(8):443-50.Links
[Efficacy and safety of a herbal drug containing hawthorn berries and D-camphor in hypotension and orthostatic circulatory disorders/results of a retrospective epidemiologic cohort study]  Hempel B, Kroll M, Schneider B.   Robugen GmbH Pharmazeutische Fabrik, Esslingen-Zell
[Article in German]

Journal of Food Science, Jan/Feb., 2011  (about daijon)

Yang Yanfang, Yan Yuning (Division of Botany, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100083);Studies on Chemical Constituents of Ilex cornuta Lindl.[J];Chinese Journal of Information on TCM;2002-04