Herbal medicinal products ESCOP

ESCOP (European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy) (2003). ESCOP Monographs. The scientific foundation for herbal medicinal products, ESCOP, Exeter Georg Threme Verlag, Sttutgart Thieme NewYork, New York. 

Artiges, A. Pharmaeopeial Standards for Herbal Medicinal Products in Europe, Proceedings of the 5th ESCOP International Symposium. 

Buchner, K.H., H. Hellings, M. Huber, et al. 1974. Double blind study as evidence of the therapeutic effect of Melissengeist on psycho-vegetative syndromes. Med. Klin. 69(23) 1032-1036. ESCOP. 2003. ESCOP monographs The scientific foundation for herbal medicinal products. 2nd ed. Exeter, UK European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy. 

ESCOP. 2003. ESCOP monographs The scientific foundation for herbal medicinal products. 2nd ed., completely rev. and expand ed. New York Thieme. 

Official standards are absolutely necessary to ensure the quality, reliability, and homogeneity of herbal products for consumers. Standardized products are paramount to those in healthcare planning to conduct clinical research with these products. Independent laboratories and university-affiliated research reports have documented the considerable variation that exists in terms of quality and reliability in these products. Abroad, the ESCOP, composed of manufacturers of herbal medicines and herbal associations, is working with European research groups to develop quality-control standards for the production of natural products. This committee is developing monographs for incorporation into such references as the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia and the British Herbal Compendium. 

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