Databases
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GRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) – http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/
AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences.
Alticopeia® Herbal/Supplement Database – http://informatics.tju.edu/CAM/databse.htm
The database contains approximately 400 herbs and non-herbal dietary supplements.
AMED Allied and Complementary Medicine Database – http://www.bl.uk/services/stb/amed.html
AMED is a unique bibliographic database produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library. It covers a selection of journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine.
AyuHerbal Catalog of Indian Medicinal Plants – http://www.ayuherbal.com/medplantcatalogue.htm#
BoDD the Botanical Dermatology Database – http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/BoDDHomePage.html
BoDD is an electronic re-incarnation of BOTANICAL DERMATOLOGY by John Mitchell & Arthur Rook, which was originally published in 1979 by Greengrass Ltd, Vancouver [ISBN 0-88978-047-1].
Botanical.com – A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve – http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/comindx.html
Search by herb.
CAB Database of Plant Sciences – http://www.indexfungorum.org/
CAB International’s extensive Plant Sciences activities cover all plant species of economic importance and all aspects of the crop production process in relation to yield and quality. Specific topics covered include taxonomy and genetic resources, plant breeding and genetics, agronomy, horticulture, plant physiology, botany and biochemistry, agricultural engineering and on-farm processes, and environmental issues.
CAM on PubMed – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nccam/camonpubmed.html
CAM on PubMed allows you to easily find journal citations related to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and The National Library of Medicine (NLM) have partnered to create CAM on PubMed, a special subset of the NLM’s PubMed.
CenterWatch Clinical Trial Listing Service – http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/trials.html
This is a listing of industry-sponsored clinical trials that are actively recruiting patients. You can use this listing to search for clinical trials by therapeutic area and geographic region.
Christopher Hobbs Media – http://christopherhobbsmedia.com/database/
Online database of ailments and herbs
CISCOM-The Centralised Information Service For Complementary Medicine – http://www.rccm.org.uk/ciscom/CISCOM_intro.asp
The CISCOM database currently has nearly 70,000 citations and abstracts covering all the major complementary therapies.
ClinicalTrials.gov – http://clinicaltrials.gov/
The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies.
Codex Alimentarius – http://waffle.nal.usda.gov/agdb/codexali.html
Data system which provides information on food standards for pesticides, commodities, and pesticide/commodity combinations. Topics covered include: Pesticide residues in food; Residues of veterinary drugs in foods; Foods for special dietary uses, including food for infants and children; Processed and quick frozen fruits and vegetables; Tropical fresh fruits and vegetables; Fruit juices and related products; Cereals, pulses, legumes, and derived products and vegetable proteins; Fats, oils, and related products; Meat and meat products, including soups and broths; Sugars, cocoa products, and chocolate and miscellaneous products; and Methods of analysis and sampling.
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) – http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) is a biomedical database system containing information on research projects and programs supported by the Department of Health and Human Services. Most of the research falls within the broad category of extramural projects, grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements conducted primarily by universities, hospitals, and other research institutions; and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government agencies. A relatively small number of research grants are funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). CRISP also contains information on the intramural programs of the NIH and the FDA.
The Datadiwan – The Ultimate Database for Extraordinary Knowledge in Holistic Medicine and Frontier Sciences – http://www.datadiwan.de/index_e.htm
Dictionary of Chinese Herbs – http://alternativehealing.org/chinese_herbs_dictionary.htm
From the Complementary and Alternative Healing University
Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases – http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
Edible Landscaping Database – http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/edible.html
Elsevier Science – http://bgbm3.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/IOPI/GPC/
Mission: To serve the advancement of science, technology and medicine by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of communication among researchers and professionals world-wide and by providing solutions to their information needs.
EthnobotDB – http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/ethnobot.html
Worldwide plant uses
Glossary of Latin Roots of Botanical Names – http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/botrts.htm
Health World Herbal Materia Medica – http://homepage.tinet.ie/~progers/hworldherb.htm
Information on selected herbs.
Henriette Kress’ Plant Name Database – http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/index.html
Herbasin Chinese Herb Database – http://www.herbasin.com/herbs.htm
Search by Latin, Pinyin, or English name.
HerbMed® – an interactive, electronic herbal database – http://www.herbmed.org/
Provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public. HerbMed® is a project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc, provided as a freely available, public resource.
HOM-INFORM DATABASE – British Homoeopathic Library – http://hominform.soutron.com/
A database of literature references to homoeopathy, with key terms and some abstracts.
HortSource.com – Horticultural Databases, Floras and Herbaria – http://www.hortsource.com/rlPdatabases.htm
IBIDS The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements – http://ods.od.nih.gov/databases/ibids.html
The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. IBIDS is produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health to assist the public, health care providers, educators, and researchers in locating credible, scientific information on dietary supplements. IBIDS was developed and will be maintained through an interagency partnership with the Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Lloyd Library – http://www.lloydlibrary.org/collection.htm
The Lloyd Library is a world class research institution that collects, preserves, and provides access for scholars and educators to published and archival materials in the areas of botany, pharmacy and complimentary medicines, and horticulture. Its outreach programs promote and encourage scholarly investigation and education based on its collection and the areas of knowledge represented in its collection areas.
Medicinal and Poisonous Plant Databases – http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/ibc99/poison/
Medicinal Herbs Online – http://www.egregore.com/index.htm
The Medicinal Herbs Online site was created to help educate visitors about the often forgotten wisdom of the old ways of treating illnesses. Many of today’s drugs and medicines were originally derived from natural ingredients, combinations of plants and other items found in nature.
MICROMEDEX – http://www.micromedex.com/index.html
MICROMEDEX is the leading provider of computerized and printed information for professionals and consumers. Relied upon in more than 90 countries, our products address toxicology, pharmacology, acute care, patient education, occupational medicine, alternative medicine, chemical safety, and regulatory compliance.
NAPRALERT – http://info.cas.org/ONLINE/DBSS/napralertss.html
The NAPRALERT File (NAtural PRoducts ALERT) contains bibliographic and factual data on natural products, including information on the pharmacology, biological activity, taxonomic distribution, ethno-medicine and chemistry of plant, microbial, and animal (including marine) extracts. In addition, the file contains data on the chemistry and pharmacology of secondary metabolites that are derived from natural sources and that have known structure.
Native American Ethnobotany Database – http://www.umd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/herb
Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers of Native North American Peoples.
Natural Antimicrobials Database – http://www.reviewscience.com/index.html
Download a free sample.
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database – http://www.naturaldatabase.com/
Subscription required.
Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) – http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/index.html
The Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) is one of seven units in the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC) of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). NDL and its predecessor organizations in USDA have been compiling and developing food composition databases for over a century. NDL has an interdisciplinary staff composed of nutritionists, dietitians, food technologists, and computer specialists.
PhytochemDB – http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/ethnobot.html
Plant chemicals
PhytoNet – http://www.escop.com/phytonet.htm
PhytoNet provides an information resource for those involved in the development, manufacture, regulation and surveillance of phytomedicines and herbal drugs.
Phytotherapies.org – http://www.phytotherapies.org/
This site is a resource for herbal practitioners, it includes editorial content, articles and an extensive searchable and hyperlinked herbal database on current herbal therapeutics.
Pioneer Thinking Herbal Database – http://www.pioneerthinking.com/herbs.html
Plants For A Future – Database Search – http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/D_search.html
Plants For A Future is a resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses.
Poisonous Plant Database-U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition – http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/readme.html
The Poisonous Plant Database is a set of working files of scientific information about the animal and human toxicology of vascular plants of the world. The initial files were created in 1994, and are updated periodically.
PubMed/MEDLINE – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Raintree’s Tropical Plant Database – http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm
Raintree’s website is dedicated to providing information and education on the important plants of the Amazon Rainforest. The Plant Database section is continuously under construction as they continue to add more rainforest plants which are under research.
Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute TCM Herbal Database – http://www.rmhiherbal.org/ai/pharintro.html
Free access (by password) to sample course materials and a database of over 220 herbs of the Chinese (TCM) materia medica.
Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Database Directory – http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/rosenthal/Databases.html
RxList – The Internet Drug Index – http://www.rxlist.com/alternative.htm#herbal_mon
Search for Western herbs, Chinese herbs, and homoepathics.
Thai Herb Database – http://www.allthaiorganics.com/Herbs/mysql/Herb_Search.phtml
TradiMed – http://www.tradimed.com/index.asp
Traditional Chinese Medicines Database
USDA-Iowa State Database of the Isoflavone Content of Foods – http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/isoflav/isoflav.html
Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association Herbal Database – http://www.vbma.org/main%20pages/herbaldb.html
W3TROPICOS – Missouri Botanical Garden – http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html
W3TROPICOS provides new and improved access to the Missouri Botanical Garden’s VAST nomenclatural database and associated authority files.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Herbal Databases:
http://www.herbreference.com/
http://naturaldatabase.therapeuticresearch.com/home.aspx?cs=&s=ND&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
http://www.herbmed.org/
http://www.christopherhobbs.com/database/
http://www.anniesremedy.com/chart.php
http://holisticonline.com/Herbal-Med/Hol_Herb_Directory_Index.htm
http://www.alternative-medicine-software.com/info/pricing.htm
http://www.bountifulherbs.net/database.html
Natural Health Research
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/greenmed/display/substance
