The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia®(AHP) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) California-based organization. The mission of AHP is to promote the responsible use of herbal products and herbal medicines. AHP produces critically reviewed documents called monographs that outline the quality control criteria needed for ensuring the identity, purity, and quality of botanical raw materials. Each document also presents a complete and critical review of the traditional and scientific literature regarding the efficacy and safety of herbal medicines.The monographs expand on everything you want to know about the botanical and a whole lot you do not want to know about it; botany, chemistry, harvesting, growing, drying, storage, purity standards, dosage, side effects, contraindications, drug interactions, etc. AHP plans to complete 300 monographs, which include Western, Ayurvedic and Chinese botanicals. www.herbal-ahp.org or call 1-831-461-6318
The American Botanical Council (ABC) is a nonprofit, member-supported organization whose mission is to provide education using science-based and traditional information to promote responsible use of herbal medicine to the public, researchers, educators, healthcare professionals, industry, and media. The Web site includes searchable electronic resources including HerbalGram, ABC’s peer-reviewed quarterly journal; HerbClip, a twice-monthly series of summaries and critical reviews of recently published herbal literature; HerbMedPro, an interactive, electronic herbal database providing hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health; The Complete German Commission E Monographs; Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs: and more. http://www.herbalgram.org.
United Plant Savers' mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come. To that end, we organize educational conferences, provide internships at our Botanical Sanctuary and make available a variety of educational materials. UpS works from the consumer to government levels to support the sustainable use of native medicinal plants. www.unitedplantsavers.org
Vitamin Angel Alliance, a non-profit, non-sectarian organization, was created in 1994 to fight malnutrition and childhood blindness around the world. Nutritional products are contributed to the Alliance by an ever enlarging association of Vitamin Angels—a consortium of nutritional supplement manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. These goods are then donated to charitable health care facilities and programs located in countries across the globe including the United States.
The Office of Dietary Supplements, a part of the National Institutes of Health, works to strengthen knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements by evaluating scientific information, stimulating and supporting research, disseminating research results, and educating the public about the efficacy and safety of dietary supplements in order to foster an enhanced quality of life and health for the U.S. population. http://ods.od.nih.gov/