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Welcome and About AHPA's Botanical Authentication Wiki
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The American Herbal Products Association is proud to present the AHPA Botanical Authentication Wiki to our beta-testing team.
The system is currently in private development mode; new subscriptions and user accounts are being provided by invitation only to contributing industry members and professionals who have expressed an interest in participating. Access will later be made more widely accessible as the site progresses.
The AHPA Botanical Authentication Wiki is a centralized source of information containing both examples and techniques which have been successfully applied to authenticate and qualify selected botanical materials. These techniques are provided as a service to the trade and to further the production of high quality botanical products.
Currently, the AHPA Botanical Authentication Wiki is adding entries for the most commonly traded and commercially used botanical ingredients. Other botanicals are planned to be added both under judgment of professional botanical analysts as well as through user requests.
Entries contain resources including:
- Botanical Microscopy References
- High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography Techniques
- Organoleptic Properties
- Discussion of Potential Adulterants
We appreciate your interest in this important project. If you have comments, would like to participate, or wish to have your contact information recorded for further news and announcements, please send us an email at ahpa@ahpa.org and you will hear from us promptly.
After you are signed in with your user credentials, you have several potential destinations:
The 
Botanical Category Listing has a list of the current botanicals in the database.
The 
Microscopy Category Listing or 
High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography Category Listing are also available if you're looking for something more specific.
About AHPA
AHPA exists to promote the responsible commerce of herbal products. AHPA’s activities are undertaken to maintain and improve market opportunities for companies that sell herbs and herbal products, and to ensure that consumers continue to enjoy informed access to a wide choice of goods. Even though AHPA is known as the “herbal” trade association, our influence extends to the entire dietary supplement category and we are always working to ensure a healthy regulatory and business environment for the entire range of health-related products. When new laws and regulations are being debated, you can rest assured that AHPA is in the room to represent the needs of your company. AHPA will also keep you informed of new and important developments that affect this industry.
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