08.01.19
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) continues to update the online Botanical Safety Handbook (BSH) with the latest herb safety information. The most recent updates include:
The number of botanicals covered by this publication was expanded with the addition of safety information for red yeast rice.
Lycium fruit was updated to amend the Interactions classification to Class C based on new data regarding potential drug interactions. Additional adverse event information was also added.
The Ayurvedic herb amla was updated to add numerous human and animal pharmacology studies identifying possible effects on glucose regulation. The herbs belleric myrobalan and chebulic myrobalan were updated to reference adverse event information and several new toxicity studies.
AHPA's Botanical Safety Handbook is an essential tool for anyone who manufactures, recommends, or uses herbal products. Available in print or online, it provides safety information on more than 500 species of herbs from data compiled through clinical trials, pharmacological and toxicological studies, medical case reports, and historical texts. All entries were reviewed by an Expert Advisory Council that includes some of the most renowned herbal and integrative medicine experts in the U.S.
Subscribers to the online Botanical Safety Handbook can review short descriptions of updated entries in the "Revisions" panel on the online version homepage when they log in.
AHPA is also preparing to post new botanical entries and additional updates to existing entries in the near future. Subscribers will be notified of these updates when they become available.
The online Botanical Safety Handbook is kept up-to-date through ongoing review of existing entries and the addition of new entries to provide the latest safety information before it can be included in future print editions of the handbook.
The handbook is available as an online, searchable database or in print.
- Monascus purpureus (red yeast rice)
- Lycium barbarum (lycium fruit)
- Phyllanthus emblica (amla)
- Terminalia bellirica (belleric myrobalan)
- Terminalia chebula (chebulic myrobalan)
The number of botanicals covered by this publication was expanded with the addition of safety information for red yeast rice.
Lycium fruit was updated to amend the Interactions classification to Class C based on new data regarding potential drug interactions. Additional adverse event information was also added.
The Ayurvedic herb amla was updated to add numerous human and animal pharmacology studies identifying possible effects on glucose regulation. The herbs belleric myrobalan and chebulic myrobalan were updated to reference adverse event information and several new toxicity studies.
AHPA's Botanical Safety Handbook is an essential tool for anyone who manufactures, recommends, or uses herbal products. Available in print or online, it provides safety information on more than 500 species of herbs from data compiled through clinical trials, pharmacological and toxicological studies, medical case reports, and historical texts. All entries were reviewed by an Expert Advisory Council that includes some of the most renowned herbal and integrative medicine experts in the U.S.
Subscribers to the online Botanical Safety Handbook can review short descriptions of updated entries in the "Revisions" panel on the online version homepage when they log in.
AHPA is also preparing to post new botanical entries and additional updates to existing entries in the near future. Subscribers will be notified of these updates when they become available.
The online Botanical Safety Handbook is kept up-to-date through ongoing review of existing entries and the addition of new entries to provide the latest safety information before it can be included in future print editions of the handbook.
The handbook is available as an online, searchable database or in print.
