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AAMPS Celebrates the Launch of the African Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Second Edition
AAMPS is proud to announce the launch of the African Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Second Edition, a landmark reference work advancing the scientific, regulatory and commercial recognition of Africa’s medicinal plants.
Published by CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, the new edition brings together contributions from leading African and international experts, with updated monographs, analytical standards, quality control information, HPTLC profiles, ethnobotanical insights, safety data and sustainability considerations.
The second edition builds on AAMPS’ pioneering first African Herbal Pharmacopoeia, first published in 2010, and continues the organisation’s mission to support evidence-based standards for African medicinal plants and herbal medicines.
The book was launched online on 29 April 2026, with discussions exploring the role of African herbal monographs in quality assurance, regulatory harmonisation, research, industry development and the responsible integration of traditional medicine into modern health systems.
Learn more about the African Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Second Edition.
The African Herbal Pharmacopoeia consists of various African plant monographs. Contact us to get your free digital copy of the first edition.
Books we've published including Green Gold, Plants, People and Nature, and the African Herbal Pharmacopoeia First and Second Edition. Click here to find out more and order your free digital copy of the African Herbal Pharmacopoeia, First Edition.
Pharmaconnect Africa and AAMPS host engaging virtual conversations and events, view them here.
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"Although sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands contain approximately 60 000 plant species – roughly a quarter of the world's total – only 83 of the worlds 1100 leading commercial medicinal plants are African in origin.
This situation will not change unless Africa, like India and China, prepares internationally recognised medicinal plant standards."
Professor Kobus Eloff – Founding member of the Association for African Medicinal Plants Standards and former Head of the Phytomedicine Programme, University of Pretoria, South Africa.