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Recommended Links to the World of Herbs
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AGRICOLA (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.
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