FWD 2 American Botanical Council:The ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs

Reviewers

The people listed below have had the opportunity to review one or more of the monographs during the editorial process. ABC is deeply grateful for each person’s contribution of time and expertise in helping to review and offer editorial input in the preparation of this book.


Ronald Ackerman, M.D.


Harunobu Amagase, Ph.D.

Director of Research and Development

Wakunaga of America Co., Ltd.


Lenore Arab, Ph.D.*

Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology

University of North Carolina, School of Public Health


Dennis Awang, Ph.D., F.C.I.C. *

President

MediPlant Consulting Services


Bruce Barrett, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin Medical School


Rudolf Bauer, Ph.D.

Professor

Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf


James Beck

JLB, Inc.


Paul Bergner

Editor/Herbalist

Medical Herbalism


Joseph M. Betz, Ph.D.

Director, Dietary Supplements Methods and Reference Materials Program

Office of Dietary Supplements

National Institutes of Health


John Beutler, Ph.D. *

Molecular Targets Drug Discovery Program

Laboratory of Natural Products

National Cancer Institute


Normann Boblitz, M.D.

Physician for Internal Medicine

Hanover


Donald Brown, N.D.

Director

Natural Product Research Consultants


Werner Busse, Ph.D.

Head of Regulatory & Scientific Affairs

W. Schwabe & Co.


John Cardellina, Ph.D.

Former Vice-President Botanical Science

Council for Responsible Nutrition


Hyla Cass, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

UCLA School of Medicine

President

Vitamin Relief USA, Vitamins for the Homeless


John Cassady


Mary Chavez, Pharm.D. *

Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Midwestern University, College of Pharmacy


Jerry Cott, Ph.D. *

Pharmacologist

Center for Drug Evaluation

Food and Drug Administration


Don Counts, M.D.

Physician

Seton Hospital


Edward Croom

Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Manager

Indena U.S.A. Inc.


Jim Crowell, Ph.D.

Chief, Chemopreventative Agent Development Research Group

Division of Cancer Prevention, NIH


Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D.

Director

Institute for Traditional Medicine


Edzard Ernst, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Department of Complementary Medicine

University of Exeter


Udo Erasmus, Ph.D.

Independent Researcher, Author, Educator


W. Hardy Eshbaugh, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Botany

Miami University


Norman R. Farnsworth, Ph.D.

Research Professor of Pharmacognosy

Senior University Scholar

College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago


Alan Feldstein

Chairman

Ephedra Committee of the American Herbal Products Association


Steven Foster

Consultant, Author, Photographer

Steven Foster Group, Inc.


Jean Fourcroy, M.D., Ph.D., MPH

Consultant in Regulatory Issues


Michael Friede, Ph.D.

Head of Division of Gynecology and Central Nervous System

Schaper-Bruemmer


Gary Friedman

Co–owner/Manager

Cosmopolitan Trading


Claus Gehringer, Dr. rer. nat.

President and CEO

Abkit, Inc.


Norman C. Gillis, Ph.D.†

Professor Emeritus

Department of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine


Frank Greenway, M.D.

Medical Director, Professor

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

School of Medicine, Louisiana State University


Om Gulati, Ph.D.

Director Scientific & Regulatory Affairs

Horphag Research Management


Robert Gutman, Ph.D.

Adjunct Research Scientist

Department of Pharmaceutics and Biological Sciences

College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia


Bill Haggerty, Ph.D.


Mary Hardy, M.D.

Medical Director

Cedars Sinai Integrative Medicine Program


David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Professor of Medicine and Public Health

UCLA Center for Human Nutrition

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA


Curt Hendrix

Chief Science Officer

Natural Science Corporation of America


Christopher Hobbs, LAc, AHG

Herbalist


David Horrobin, M.D., Ph.D.

Executive Chairman and Research Director

Laxdale Ltd.


Peter Houghton, Ph.D.

Professor in Pharmacognosy

King’s College


Gary Huber, M.D.


David Illingworth

Former President and Chief Executive Officer

Lichtwer Pharma U.S., Inc.


Loren Israelsen

President

LDI Group


Thomas James, M.D.*


James Joseph, Ph.D.


Richard L. Kingston, Ph.D. *

Vice President & Sr. Clinical Toxicologist

PROSAR International Poison Center

Associate Professor

Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy


Uwe Koetter, Ph.D.

Director, New Products Research

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare


Rick Kulow

President

Bioriginal Food & Science Corp.


Thomas Kurt, M.D., MPH *

Clinical Professor

Department of Internal Medicine

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School


Larry Lawson, Ph.D.

Research Director

Plant Bioactives Research Institute


Marge Leahy, Ph.D.

Sr. Manager, Health and Nutrition

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.


Albert Y. Leung, Ph.D.

President

Phyto-Technologies, Inc.


Eckehard Liske, Ph.D.

Professor and International Medical Support and PR Division

Schaper & Brümmer GmbH & CO. KG


Tieraona Lowdog, M.D. *

Physician

Integrative Medicine Education Associates


Gail B. Mahady, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Departments of Pharmacy Practice, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy

UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research

University of Illinois at Chicago


Leonard S. Marks, M.D.

Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA

Founder and Medical Director

Urological Sciences Research Foundation


Robin Marles, Ph.D.

Assoc. Prof. of Botany

Brandon University


Arja Miettinen-Baumann, Ph.D.

International Division

Lichtwer Pharma AG


Mark Miller, Ph.D.

Director/Professor

Pediatric Research Division

Albany Medical College


David Morrison

Scientific Affairs Director

Pharmaton Natural Health Products


Alister D. Muir, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada-Saskatoon Research Centre


Michael Murray, N.D.

Author


Cheryl Myers

Director of Product Development

Enzymatic Therapy


David J. Newman, D.Phil.

Natural Products Branch

Development Therapeutics Program

Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute


Piergiorgio Pietta, Ph.D.

Professor

ITB-National Council of Research-Segrate (Milano)


Ronald Pero

President/Professor Cell and Molecular Biology

CampaMed, LLC


Gilbert Ramirez, R.Ph.

Associate Professor

Center for Leadership Studies

Our Lady of the Lake University


Peter Rohdewald, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster


Megan Rooney

Technical Support

Indena U.S.A. Inc.


A. Wes Siegner, Jr., Esq.

Partner

Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.


Victor Sierpina, M.D.

Associate Professor

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston


Yadhu N. Singh, Ph.D.

Professor

College of Pharmacy

South Dakota State University


Fabio Soldati, Ph.D.

Head of Research and Development

Pharmaton SA CH-6934 Bioggio


Marilyn Speedie, Ph.D.

Dean and Professor

College of Pharmacy

University of Minnesota


Meir Tenne, D.Sc.

General Manager

Kinarot - Technological Institute


Varro E. Tyler, Ph.D. ScD * †

Professor Emeritus, Pharmacognosy

Purdue University


Roy Upton

Executive Director

American Herbal Pharmacopoeia


Graham West

VP/Managing Director, Ingredient Technology Group

Ocean Spray International, Inc.


Qun Yi Zheng, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President and Director of Science and Technology

Pure World Botanicals, Inc.


Susan Zick, N.D., MPH

Research Investigator

Department of Family Medicine

Co-Investigator

Complementary and Alternative Research Center

University of Michigan



* ABC-CRN Expert Panel

Deceased