03.03.14
The Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (known by its acronym GA, based on its former German name) has endorsed the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program—an educational program that advises industry, health professionals and researchers about the challenges of adulterated herb and botanical products.
The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program is a coalition of three non-profit groups: the American Botanical Council, the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and the University of Mississippi’s National Center for Natural Products Research, with more than 100 other American and international parties supporting and cooperating with the program.
“The GA’s endorsement of this program is a significant development and very much in line with the aims of GA, namely to contribute to the advancement of research and science in the field of medicinal plants and phytotherapy (the medicinal use of botanically-based preparations), and to cooperate with organizations pursuing similar aims,” said Rudolf Bauer, PhD, Professor of Pharmacognosy at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Graz in Austria, and past-president of the GA.
The GA’s endorsement of the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program follows a similar endorsement by the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) last year. ASP is North America’s largest professional organization of researchers in the field of medicinal plants and drugs of natural origin.
The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program is a coalition of three non-profit groups: the American Botanical Council, the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and the University of Mississippi’s National Center for Natural Products Research, with more than 100 other American and international parties supporting and cooperating with the program.
“The GA’s endorsement of this program is a significant development and very much in line with the aims of GA, namely to contribute to the advancement of research and science in the field of medicinal plants and phytotherapy (the medicinal use of botanically-based preparations), and to cooperate with organizations pursuing similar aims,” said Rudolf Bauer, PhD, Professor of Pharmacognosy at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Graz in Austria, and past-president of the GA.
The GA’s endorsement of the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program follows a similar endorsement by the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) last year. ASP is North America’s largest professional organization of researchers in the field of medicinal plants and drugs of natural origin.