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American Botanical Council
Organization
Address
6200 Manor Road
Zip/Post Code
78723
City
Austin
Country
United States
Personal data
Contact person
Stefan Gafner
Email
Phone
ORCID-ID
0000-0002-5709-5683
Role in Organization
Senior Management
Main Area of Expertise
Areas
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The American Botanical Council is a non-profit educational organization providing reliable information on the safety and efficacy of herbal medicines. Our main goal is to promote scientific research on medicinal plants and provide reviews on the safety and efficacy of botanical ingredients via our journals and publications. My work as Technical Director of the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program is focused on providing accurate information about herbal ingredient adulteration issues and the use of appropriate analytical methods to detect ingredient and finished product adulterations.
Main facilities and/or core expertise
Main office with herb garden in Austin, TX
Main output/products/publications
1. Brendler, T., Al-Harrasi, A,. Bauer, R., Gafner, S., Hardy, M.L., Heinrich, M., Hosseinzadeh, H., Izzo, A.A., Michaelis, M., Nassiri-Asl, M., Panossian, A., Wasser, S.P., Williamson, E.M. (2020) Botanical drugs and supplements affecting the immune response in the time of COVID-19: Implications for research and clinical practice. Phytotherapy Research. 1–19.
2. Gafner, S., Blumenthal, M., Foster, S., Cardellina II, J.H., Khan, I.A., and Upton, R. (2020) Botanical ingredient adulteration – How some suppliers attempt to fool commonly used analytical techniques. Acta Hort. 1287: 15-24.
3. Mailer, R.J., and Gafner, S. (2020) Adulteration of olive (Olea europaea) oil. Botanical Adulterants Prevention Bulletin. Austin, TX: ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program. 1-14.
4. Upton, R., David, B., Gafner, S., Glasl, S. (2019) Botanical ingredient identification and quality assessment: strengths and limitations of analytical techniques. Phytochemistry Reviews.
5. Gafner, S. (2019) Saw palmetto extract laboratory guidance document. Austin, TX: ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program. 1-14
Fields of interest
Scientific collaboration
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Collaborations with academic and industry partners to foster quality control and authenticity investigations of commercial dietary/food supplement ingredients and products, and herbal medicines