• The NC Arboretum
• Medicinal & Essential Oils Crops Germplasm Committee (CGC)
• Medicinal Plant Quality Control Publications
• Scientific Advisory Committee
• Volunteers

Medicinal Plant Quality Control Publications

•  WHO: Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plants, 2003

• WHO: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) – Supplementary Guidelines for the Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Excipients, 1999

• WHO: Good Trade and Distribution Practices for Pharmaceutical Starting Materials, 2003

• WHO: General Guidelines for Methodologies on Research and Evaluation of Traditional Medicine, 2000

• WHO: Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations, Geneva 2003

• WHO: Guidelines for Assessment of Herbal Medicines, 1991

• WHO: Quality Control Methods for Medicinal Plant Materials (revised), 2005

• WHO: Good Manufacturing Practices: Main Principles for Pharmaceutical Products, 2003

• Revision of the ‘Guidelines on Conservation of Medicinal Plants’ by WHO, IUCN, WWF, and TRAFFIC Process and Scope WOLFGANGE KATHE, 2006

• The Codex Alimentarius Commission and the FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, 1997, RECOMMENDED INTERNATIONAL CODE OF PRACTICE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FOOD HYGIENE CAC/RCP 1-1969, Rev. 3 (1997)

• Code of Hygienic Practices for Spices and Dried Aromatic Plants, AC/RCP 42, 1995; FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission

• Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labeling, and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods, FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission, 1999

• Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Practice Standards and Performance Criteria, Klingenstein, et.al.

• HERBAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS Examples of Deceptive or Questionable Marketing Practices and Potentially Dangerous Advice, GAO: May 26, 2010

• Current Dietary Supplements Trials (ClinicalTrials.gov)

• FairWild Standards 2010 -  Revised Standard  for the sustainable management and trade in wild-collected natural ingredients for food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals 

• Guidelines on the Conservation of Medicinal Plants (1993-WHO/ IUCN/WWF)