Plants for Health is designed to improve the safety, quality, and reliability of how plants and fungi, or health products derived from them, are studied, manufactured, regulated, and used.
Tools, Information Services and Building CapacityWe are building tools and resources to allow regulators, practitioners, manufacturers, suppliers, traders, and researchers to comprehensively access published information and to exchange data with one another despite their use of alternative names. We also offer partners access to data, tools, and educational resources to support best practices, improve database design, and enhance the quality of data used by health professionals. PurposePlants for Health's information and services will lead to more effective regulation and quality control, greater safety in the use of these products, increased awareness of associated adverse reactions, and better-focused research and development. |
CommunityOur current users work in chemistry, pharmacovigilance, natural product development, nutrition, the regulation of foods, medicines, and cosmetics, as well as ethnobotany, history, and policy development. Track RecordThis work builds upon the success of Kew’s Medicinal Plant Names Services , which has been a key resource for researchers, regulators, and other professionals working with medicinal plants and herbal remedies for over a decade. |
Partners and Collaboration
Plants for Health is a consortium led by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew , with collaborators including:
| The Global Health Network |
| World Health Organization Pharmacovigilance Monitoring Centre |
| The Quadram Institute’s Food Databanks |
| US Food and Drug Administration |
| Access Innovations |