Subfile:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Format (FM):
Monograph/Book (32). Report (42).
Language(s) (LG):
English.
Year Published (YR):
2003.
Audience code (AC):
Health Professionals (100). Health Services Providers (500). Researchers (117). Alternative Therapists (180).
Corporate Author (CN):
World Health Organization (WHO).
Source (SO):
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO). 2003. 78 p.
Availability (AV):
Available from World Health Organization (WHO). Marketing and Dissemination, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Fax + 41 22 791 4857. E-mail: bookorders@who.ch.
Website: http://www.who.int/pub/en/.
PRICE: $18.00 US. ISBN: 9241546271. Order Number: 1150558. Also available online at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241546271.pdf.
Abstract (AB):
This report discusses the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on good agricultural and collection practices (GACP) for medicinal plants. It provides general technical guidance on obtaining medicinal plant materials of good quality for the sustainable production of herbal products classified as medicines. These guidelines are also related to WHO's work on the protection of medicinal plants, aiming promotion of sustainable use and cultivation of medicinal plants. The main objectives of these guidelines are to contribute to the quality assurance of medicinal plant materials used as the source for herbal medicines to improve the quality, safety and efficacy of finished herbal products; guide the formulation of national and/or regional GACP guidelines and GACP monographs for medicinal plants and related standard operating procedures; and encourage and support the sustainable cultivation and collection of medicinal plants of good quality in ways that respect and support the conservation of medicinal plants and the environment in general. 6 annexes. 17 references.
Major Descriptors (MJ):
Medicinal Plants. Quality Control. Plant Cultivation. Plant Collection. Medicinal Plant Processing.
Minor Descriptors (MN):
Safety. Efficacy. Good Manufacturing Practices. Herbal Medicine. Environmental Conservation.
Verification/Update Date (VE):
200407.
Notes (NT):
CP: Yes.
Accession Number (AN):
AMBK03470.
