Monograph

Mature Aloe Vera Market Needs Fresh Standards

Aloe is everywhere—in beverages, supplements, cosmeceuticals, and more—so we'd expect understanding of the plant's different forms and species is wide spread. However, even FDA's recent toxicity study was conducted on a form that's rarely used in finished goods. Perhaps the ...More
December 14, 2011 By Sandy Almendarez
Posted in Articles
AHP Establishes American Ginseng Monograph

The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia® (AHP) released a monograph and a therapeutic compendium for American ginseng root (Panax quinquefolius L.), establishing standards for authenticity, purity and quality. The monograph has the ability to reduce the amount of contaminated ...More
December 9, 2011
Posted in News, Immune Health
FDA Holds Botanical Identity Class

FDA is offering a training course to help lab analysts better identify and archive botanicals. The three-day course, set for Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2011,will introduce students to terms, techniques and literature FDA uses to identify unknown botanical material as a basis for ...More
November 2, 2011
Posted in News
USP Uses Biothera Info for Beta Glucan Monograph

The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) developed the first official monograph for beta glucan from bakers yeast (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) using a reference standard contributed by Biothera. Biothera also provided two methods for identifying and quantifying the beta 1,3/1,6 ...More
September 8, 2011
Posted in News
American Herbal Pharmacopoeia ~ E. pallida Monograph

The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) released a monograph on Echinacea pallida root, covering quality control standards and therapeutic compendium. ...More
August 23, 2010
Posted in News