Structured Databases
- Searchable
- Non-Searchable
- Glossaries Herbal
Monographs and Information Resources Online
Journals, Libraries, and Citations Mailing
Lists Professional
and Trade Associations Related
Links Cultivation
& Conservation Issues Illustrations Virtual
Gardens Education,
Research & Training - Associations Adverse
Effects - Safety and Standards Legal
& Regulatory Information
Databases -
Searchable: Structured
databases are available online at these WWW sites.
AGRICOLA: http://www.nalusda.gov/general_info/agricola/agricola.html AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library, USA
American Indian Ethnobotany
Database http://herb.umd.umich.edu/ Foods, drugs, dyes and
Fibers of Native North American Peoples. Dr. Moerman's resource from
University of Michigan
Carotenoid
Database for US
Foods http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/car98/car98.html Collaborative
effort between the USDA and the Nutrition Coordinating Center at the
University of Minnesota. Mainly pdf files. The complete
database can be downloaded.
HerbMed http://www.herbmed.org Categorized,
evidence-based resource for herbal information, with hyperlinks to
clinical and scientific publications and dynamic links for automatic
updating, produced by the nonprofit Alternative Medicine
Foundation.
IBIDS http://ods.od.nih.gov/showpage.aspx?pageid=48 International
Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) is a database of
published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements,
including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals, produced by the Office of
Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health.
LIGAND
Database http://www.genome.ad.jp/htbin/www_bfind?ligand Ligand
chemical database from GenomeNet, Kyoto University.
Patents
Database http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html The US Patent
and Trademark Office full-text and full-page image database includes many
entries related to botanical medicine.
Plants for a
Future http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/D_intro.html From
Leeds University, UK, the Species Database contains nearly 7000
plants, either edible, have medicinal properties or have some other use
such as fibres, oils or soaps. Three websites for searching and
downloadable version.
Poisonous Plants Informational Database
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/index.html
Reference resource from Cornell University that includes plant images, pictures of affected animals, presentations of the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural flora.
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ National
Library of Medicine's search interface to access the 10 million citations
in MEDLINE, and Pre-MEDLINE, and other related databases.
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical
Databases
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/ Dr. Duke's
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases, Agricultural Research Service
of the US Department of Agriculture.
Tropical Plant
Database http://rain-tree.com/plants.htm Each
plant file contains taxonomy data, phytochemical and ethnobotanical data,
uses in traditional medicine, and clinical research from Raintree
Nutrition, Inc, Austin, Texas.
Non-Searchable: Only
description and access information are provided at the WWW
sites.
CABI
- CAB ABSTRACTS: CAB INTERNATIONAL, Oxford, UK
http://www.cabi.org/Publishing/Products/Database/Abstracts/Index.asp Bibliographic
database compiled by CAB International. It covers agriculture, forestry,
aspects of human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management
and conservation of natural resources.
Lloyd Library and Museum
http://www.lloydlibrary.org/ The 200,000
volume collection contains pharmacy, botany, and horticulture rare books
and other collections.
NAPRALERT http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~ffh/napra.html Large
relational database of worldwide literature on ethnomedical, chemistry,
pharmacology of plant, microbial, and animal extracts from University of
Illinois.
See also the
Rosenthal Center Directory of
Databases for other relevant databases.
Glossaries:
Dictionary of
Botanical
Epithets http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary.html Searchable
glossary
Garden Gate Glossary
of Botanical
Names http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/botrts.htm Useful
resource on primarily a gardening site.
Ohio State
University Interactive Plant
List http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/plants.html Dictionary
of plants - includes medicinal plants.
Plantas
Medicinais http://www.ciagri.usp.br/planmedi/planger.htm Alphabetical
listing of medicinal plants and their characteristics.
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Herbal Monographs and Information
Resources
Although they are often described as databases, the following
resources are primarily sets of monographs. They are all quality evaluated
or compiled from a particular perspective. It is important to question the
criteria underlying the collection and presentation of these resources.
Publicly
available:
HerbData New Zealand
http://www.herbdatanz.com/index.htm
It is not clear what organization is behind the site. Seems to be mainly the work of one individual, Ivor Hughes, who has authored most of the monographs. Others are abstracted from reputable sources. Also provides list of articles, Online Campus chat room, and search capability. CD Rom sold on site.
Longwood Herbal Task
Force http://www.mcp.edu/herbal/ Monographs, patient and professional information from the faculty, staff and students of the Children's Hospital, the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. No longer maintained.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center- Herbs, Botanicals, & Other
Products htttp://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm Provides
information evaluated by oncologists and healthcare professionals at MSK,
including a clinical summary for each agent and details about
constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or
problems.
Phytotherapies.org
Monographs http://www.phytotherapies.org Free service to
practitioners registered with this Australian site, sponsored by Herbworx
Corporation.
Subscription-based:
American Botanical
Council http://www.herbalgram.org/ ABC member benefits
include access to HerbClip Online, Complete German Commission E
Monographs, and Clinical Guide to Herbs.
HealthGate http://www.healthgate.com General medical
information and herb monographs, aimed at licensing for commercial
outlets. Advisory board and sources of information specified on web
site.
HealthNotes http://www.healthnotes.com/
UK
based company provides consumer information on health, food, and lifestyle
information for in-store touchscreen kiosks. States that all information
is verified by compilers in peer-reviewed journals.
Herb Research
Foundation http://www.herbs.org/index.html HRF
provide a search service from their specialty research library containing
more than 300,000 scientific articles on thousands of herbs.
Intramedicine http://www.intramedicine.com/ Management
team and advisory team specified on web site. Provides a Chinese herbal
database as part of resources. Professional pharmacist and patient
oriented.
Natural
Medicines http://www.naturaldatabase.com Large collection of
monographs aimed at medical professionals generally. Also available in
book format. Editorial team listed.
Natural
Standard http://www.naturalstandard.com/ Monographs compiled
by a multidisciplinary team. High profile advisory team. Methodology,
selection criteria, and evaluation clearly described. Primarily oriented
to clinicians and pharmacists.
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Online Journals, Libraries, and Citations:
Bibliography
from Bastyr
University http://www.bastyr.edu/library/bibliographies/botmcore.htm A
collection of citations from the literature on herbals from the Bastyr
library. The categorized listing is extensive and also cites the
journals used for the compilation.
Cathay Herbal
Library http://www.cathayherbal.com/library/index.htm Collection
of articles on Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine for western doctors and
TCM practitioners from the Cathay Herbal Laboratories Education
Department.
David Winston, Herbalist AHG
http://www.herbaltherapeutics.net/
Click on the Herbal Therapeutics Research Library for full text pdf files of rare and out of print manuscripts from the extensive research library.
European
Phytojournal http://www.ex.ac.uk/phytonet/phytojournal/ Official
newsletter of ESCOP, the European Scientific Cooperative on
phytotherapy
Fitoterapia http://www.weizmann.ac.il/InfoUnit/F.html Phytotherapy
journal published by Elsevier Science for Indena, Italy, a private company
specializing in botanical derivatives for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and
food industries. Abstracts available. Click on Fitoterapia.
International Journal of
pharmacognosy http://sun.swets.nl/sps/journals/ijp.html Research
on the bioactivity of plants and extracts from all parts of the
globe.
Journal
of
Ethnopharmacology http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/2/7/3/ http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/6/0/3/5/ Interdiscipliniary
journal from Elsevier devoted to research on biological activities of
plant and animal substances used in traditional medical
systems.
Journal
of Natural
Products http://pubs3.acs.org/acs/journals/cover_art.page?incoden=jnprdf Joint
publication of the American Chemical Society and the American Society of
Pharmacognosy, for natural product chemists,biochemists, taxonomists,
ecologists, and pharmacologists.
Journal
of Naturopathic
Medicine http://www.healthy.net/library/journals/naturopathic/index.html lOfficial
publication of the American Association of Naturopathic
Physicians.
Medical
Herbalism http://www.medherb.com/MHHOME.SHTML A full text
clinical newsletter for the herbal practitioner.
Natural
Products Reports
online http://www.rsc.org/is/journals/current/npr/npcon.htm Published
by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
Pharmaceutical
Biology http://www.szp.swets.nl/szp/frameset.htm?url=%2Fszp%2Fjournals%2Fpb.htm Formerly
the International Journal of Pharmacognosy. Research on the bioactivity of
plants and extracts from all parts of the globe.
Phytochemistry http://www.elsevier.nl:80/inca/publications/store/2/7/3/ Published
by Elsevier, covers research on all aspects of plant chemistry, plant
biochemistry, plant molecular biology and chemical ecology.
See also the
American Society of
Pharmacognosy listing of related
journals http://www.phcog.org/journals.html
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Mailing Lists: Instructions on
how to join or leave lists are provided at the urls
below.
Centre for International Ethnomedicinal
Education and
Research http://www.cieer.org CIEER is an
international network of ethnobotanical researchers and provides a public
discussion forum and listserv to exchange information on the safe and
effective use of medicinal plants.
Herb Bulletin
Board
http://www.algy.com/herb/
Click on The Green House for
entry to an unmonitored, Web based, open discussion
group.
Medicinal
and Aromatic Plants Discussion
List http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/archives.html#mediherblist Three
lists are featured at this site: The Medicinal Herblist; The Culinary
Herblist; and The HerbInfo-list archives. There is also a newsgroup:
Alt.folklore.herbs.
Medicinal
Plants Working Group http://www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal/workinggroup.htm A
consortium of federal agencies and groups concerned with native plant
extinction, native knowledge, and habitat resoration. Anyone can join by
contacting and subscribing.
Paracelsus http://www.healthwwweb.com/paracelsus.html Email
based, clinical practice mailing list. Free subscription required to
join.
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Professional,
Membership, and Trade Associations
American Botanical
Council http://www.herbalgram.org/ ABC's main mission is to
educate the public on the use of herbs and phytomedicinals. ABC
publishes HerbalGram and has an extensive collection of information and
research resources for members.
American Herbal Products Association http://www.ahpa.org Trade
Association providing information on the botanical products industry for
companies and public.
American Herbalists
Guild http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/ Non-profit
educational organization representing herbalists. AHG also provides a
large database of certified herbalists, educational programs, and
publications.
Council for Responsible
Nutrition http://www.crnusa.org/ CRN is a Washington-based
trade association representing ingredient suppliers and manufacturers in
the dietary supplement industry.
HerbNET http://www.herbnet.com/ Herb
growing and marketing network.
Herb Research
Foundation http://www.herbs.org/index.html Information
resource for the worldwide use of herbs for health, environmental
conservation and international development.
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Related Links:
Algy's Home
Page http://www.algy.com/herb/ One of the earliest
herb sites on the Web. Click on The Apothecary for information on
medicinal herbs.
Alternative Nature Online
Herbal http://www.altnature.com/index.html Miscellany of
links and resources for herbalists.
American Herbal
Pharmacopoeia http://www.herbal-ahp.org/ The
goal of AHP is to produce authoritative herbal monographs containing
accurate, critically reviewed information on botanicals to provide
guidance in the appropriate use of herbal therapeutics.
Botanical.com http://www.botanical.com/ Collection
of resources and links on botanicals. Features a hyper-text version of A
Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs.
M.Grieve: http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html
Center
for Botanical Dietary Supplement Research in Women's
Health http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/research/diet/content/scont_about.htm Center
at University of Chicago, funded by NIH, studies botanicals with potential
benefits for women's health.
Eclectic Medical
Publications http://www.eclecticherb.com/emp/ Collection of
books and articles by Francis Brincker and other naturopathic
herbalists.
Environmental
Estrogens
(Phytoestrogens) http://www.tmc.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome/basics/phytoestrogens/default.html Scientific
information on environmental estrogens and other hormones.
Flavornet http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/flavornet/index.html Compilations
of aroma compounds sorted by their chromatographic and sensory properties
- from Cornell University.
Henriette's Herbal
Homepage http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/ Collection of
medicinal and culinary herb resources.
Herbal
Bookworm http://www.herbological.com/bookworm.html Herbal
book reviews by Jonathan Treasure. Idiosyncratic and
insightful.
Howie Brounstein's Home
Page http://www.teleport.com/~howieb/howie.html Collection
of sites and resources.
Natural Products
Branch http://dtp.nci.nih.gov/branches/npb/index.html National
Cancer Institute's Natural Products Branch tests and screens crude natural
products for anti-cancer activity.
Medherb.com http://medherb.com/ Categorized
links to information on medicinal herbs and herbalism in the clinical
setting from the journal, Medical Herbalism.
Michael Moore's
Home
Page http://www.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html Mounted
by the Director of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, features a
collection of publications and images.
Michael Tierra's Planetary
Herbology http://www.planetherbs.com Idiosyncratic, lively
site to explore.
Phytochemistry of
Herbs http://www.herbalchem.net/ Focuses on the
phytochemistry of popular herbal medicines.
Phytotherapies.org http://www.phytotherapies.org A
reference resource for herbal practitioners.
Robyn's Recommended Reading http://www.rrreading.com Quarterly
review of literature on herbalism and phytotherapy from Robyn Klein,
herbalist.
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Cultivation and
Conservation Issues
Directory of forest Products, Wood
Science, and
Marketing http://www.forestdirectory.com/ Resource
compiled by Steve Shook from the University of Idaho.
Ecocrop http://pppis.fao.org/ Information
resource for plants, environments, uses, and environmental
requirements.
Herb Society of
America http://www.herbsociety.org/ Membership
organization, founded in 1933. Concerned with the cultivation of
herbs and the study and history of their uses, past and present. The
Society is committed global environmental protection and encourages the
practice of environmentally sound horticulture.
Horizon
Herbs http://www.chatlink.com/~herbseed/ Source
of roots and seeds for medicinal plants
Isoprene and
Monoterpene Emitting Species
Survey http://www.es.lancs.ac.uk/cnhgroup/download.html Resource
from Lancaster University, UK
Laboratory
of
Ethnobotany http://www.umma.lsa.umich.edu/Ethnobotany/Ethnobotany.html The
Ethnobotany laboratory houses extensive collections of domesticated plants
from around the world as well as specimens recovered from archaeological
sites.
MedPlant http://source.bellanet.org/medplantnet/ A
global network committed to the sustainable and socially equitable use of
medicinal plants.
National Center for the Preservation of
Medicinal
Herbs http://www.ncpmh.org/ Research on
conservation of at-risk botanicals
National Plant Germplasm
System http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/ NPGS
is a cooperative effort by public (State and Federal) and private
organizations to preserve the genetic diversity of plants.
Non-Timber Forest
Products http://www.sfp.forprod.vt.edu/special_fp.htm Marketing
and utilization of specialized non-timber forest products.
Non-Timber Forest Products -
US http://www.ifcae.org/ntfp/index.shtml Conservation
and development information on commercial, recreational, and subsistence
extraction of non-timber forest products in the US.
People and Plants
Online http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/peopleplants/ International
initiative in applied ethnobotany, focusing on the interface between
people and the world of plants. It promotes sustainable use of plant
resources, and the reconciliation of conservation and
development.
Plant Conservation
Alliance http://www.nps.gov/plants/ The PCA is a consortium
of 10 federal government member agencies and over 145 non-federal
Cooperators: biologists, botanists, habitat preservationists,
horticulturists, resources management consultants, soil scientists, and
enthusiastic supporters, working to solve the problems of native plant
extinction and native habitat restoration.
PLANTLAX http://www.geocities.com/florbach/red.htm PLANTLAX
is a pioneering organization in Mexico with an emphasis on organic herb
products under a sustainable management.
PLANTS http://plants.usda.gov/ National
resource from the USDA generates categorized data reports on natural
resources and conservation issues.
United Plant
Savers http://www.plantsavers.org/ The
mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the US and Canada and
their native havitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of
medicinal plants.
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Illustrations:
Botany http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Experimental/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/g-nature/Botany.html Texts
and images from the Vatican Library herbal collection.
CalPhotos http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/flora/ Searchable
database of over 21,000 images from University of California, Berkeley.
Southwest
School of Botanical
Medicine http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html Scroll
down to Michael Moore's collection of Medicinal plant images.
Rare Books from the
MBG Library http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/mobot/rarebooks/ Missouri
Botanical Garden rare books collection has been scanned and made available
- includes medicinal plants and their uses.
Wild Herb Medicinal
Flowers http://www.altnature.com/gallery/index.html Herb
pictures, medicinal plans, wild flower photos and descriptions of uses in
alternative medicine.
Virtual Gardens:
Missouri Botanical
Garden http://www.mobot.org/welcome.html Bioprospecting and
Dinosaur Safari.
New York Botanical Garden
http://www.nybg.org/ A virtual garden from
the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.
University of
Washington http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/pnr/uwmhg/ Hypertext
tour of a medicinal herb garden.
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Education,
Research & Training:
American Herbalists
Guild http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/ Continuing
Education Guidelines and legislative updates for the professional
herbalist.
Association of Natural Medicine
Pharmacists http://www.anmp.org/index.htm Professional
nonprofit association serving pharmacists and those interested in the
field of natural medicines.
Bastyr University - Dept. of
Botanical Medicine
http://www.bastyr.edu/academic/botmed/ Courses
on medicinal use of plants, fungi and extracts for naturopathic medical
students. Conducts research in botanical medicine.
CyberBotanica http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/ Online
botany education resource from Indiana University's BioTech
Project.
NaturalHealers
http://www.naturalhealers.com/
Listings of herbal schools, or any school of the natural healing arts, along with further information on schools, programs, certification, careers and licensing requirements.
Office of
Dietary Supplements (ODS) Training and
Career
Development http://ods.od.nih.gov/showpage.aspx?pageid=93 List
of courses that offer continuing education credits kept updated by the ODS
at National Institutes of Health. Grant and Funding
Opportunities http://ods.od.nih.gov/funding.aspx List of NIH
Centers for Dietary Supplement Research, funding and partnership
opportunities.
Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical
Studies http://www.herbschool.com/ Vitalistic
approach to earth-centered herbal education and
conservation.
Rocky Mountain Herbal
Institute http://www.rmhiherbal.org/ Chinese
herbology education and courses.
Tropical Agricultural Research and
Higher Education
Center http://www.catie.ac.cr/english/ The
mission of the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Center
(CATIE), Costa Rica, is the generation and dissemination of sustainable
management practices for tropical ecosystems.
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Adverse Effects/ Safety and
Standards:
Botanical Dermatology
Database http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/ Electronic version of book.
Search on plant families or main index.
Food and Drug
Administration -
CAERS http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/caersltr.html The FDA,
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is developing a new system
for tracking and analysing adverse event repors involving dietary
supplements to replace the former contraversial Adverse Event Monitoring
System. Details in this announcement.
Canadian Poisonous Plants
Information
System http://sis.agr.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px Information
resource from Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada
ConsumerLab http://www.consumerlab.com/ Independent
laboratory testing of health and nutrition products.
ESCOP http://www.ex.ac.uk/phytonet/escop.html European
Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy contains the herbal adverse drug
reactions database, PhytoNet.
FDA: Poisonous Plant
Database
(PLANTOX) http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/readme.html Little
known resource compiled by D. Jesse Wagstaff, DVM, with plant names and
citations accessable from an alphabetical listing.
HerbMed http://www.herbmed.org HerbMed
hyperlinks to the evidence on contraindications, toxic and adverse
effects, and drug/herbal interactions.
Herbs and
Pregnancy http://www.gardenguides.com/herbs/preg.htm Information
on herbs helpful and counterindicated in pregnancy from
GardenGuides.com.
Index of
Poisons http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/poison.html From
Mrs. M. Grieve: A Modern Herbal.
MedWatch http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/index.html FDA
Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program, serves healthcare
professionals and the public by providing information on medical product
safety issues including dietary supplements and medical foods.
Ohio State
University - Herb and Drug
Interactions http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5406.html Table
of possible herb-drug interactions - referenced and
authored.
PhytoNet http://www.ex.ac.uk/phytonet/pseng.html Adverse
event reporting system maintained by the University of Exeter, UK. See
also ESCOP above.
Quackwatch
- The Herbal
Minefield http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/herbs.html It
is always useful to know what the Quackbusters are saying about the use of
medicinal herbs.
Review
of Herb-Drug Interactions: Docmented and
Theoretical http://www.uspharmacist.com/NewLook/DisplayArticle.cfm?item_num=566 Review
article with look up tables published in US Pharmacist.
ToxAgents http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/toxagent.html Information
resource from Cornell University.
Toxic Plant
Database http://www.library.uiuc.edu/vex/toxic/Format.htm Compilation
from the veterinary Medicine Library, UIUC
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Legal
and Regulatory Information:
American Herbal Products Association http://www.ahpa.org Information
on the botanical products industry for companies and public.
Herb World News
Online http://www.herbs.org/current/topnews.html Latest herb
related news from the Herb Research Foundation, includes legal
updates.
Codex
Alimentarius http://waffle.nal.usda.gov/agdb/codexali.html Information
on Codex Alimentarius from the USDA.
Controversial Herbs and
Natural
Products http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbs/controv.html From the Herb Research
Foundation Home Page
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