Austin, TX — Consumers in the United States spent an estimated 7.7% more on herbal dietary supplements in 2016 than in the previous year, according to the recently published HerbalGram Herb Market Report for 2016. The report, which appears in issue 115 of the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) quarterly, peer-reviewed...
The industry poured forth with loving tributes this week to the Chinese medicinal herb pioneer Bill Brevoort, who passed away on July 28 at his home in Kona, HI. He was 75 and had recently been diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. “Bill was a truly amazing, brilliant, spiritual, one-of-a-kind man,” said...
Austin, Texas — By adopting turmeric, EuroPharma, has now joined the American Botanical Council’s (ABC) Adopt-an-Herb program, which helps ABC not only expand the company’s nonprofit educational mission, but also “keeps its HerbMedPro database updated with the latest scientific and clinical research.” “Representing turmeric, an herb with such life-changing possibilities and...
Austin, TX — The 12th annual HerbDay will be celebrated by the nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) on Saturday, May 6th. The day will include activities based on herbal education and there will be local and national herbal experts on hand giving presentations. Open from 10 AM until 4 PM,...
Austin, Tx — The new Online Wellness Library (OWL), has been endorsed by the American Botanical Council (ABC) through a letter sent to the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). The CRN is one of the leading dietary trade associations in America and it promoted the creation of OWL, an online database...
Austin, TX — The American Botanical Council (ABC), a research and educational organization for the use of herbal medicine, has announced Ikhlas Khan, Ph.D. as recipient of the 2016 ABC Mark Blumenthal Herbal Community Builder Award. This annual award, named for ABC founder and executive director Mark Blumenthal, recognizes individuals who...
Austin, TX — Founder and CEO of the nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC), Mark Blumenthal, has been presented with the Outstanding International Ethnopharmacologist Award 2017 by the Society for Ethnopharmacology-India (SFE-India). Blumenthal received his award at the society’s annual scientific conference in Surat, Gujarat, India, on February 23rd. Ethnopharmacology, a...
Austin, TX — The American Botanical Council (ABC) announces that Brassica Protection Products LLC as the 2016 recipient of the ABC Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award. Since its founding in 1997, Brassica Protection Products has been dedicated to the research and development of beneficial phytochemicals from...
