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Acknowledgements
Special acknowledgement is due to Professor Norman R. Farnsworth,
Professor Harry H.S. Fong, and Professor Gail B. Mahady of the <strong>WHO</strong>
Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine, College of Pharmacy,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, for drafting and revising
the <strong>monographs</strong>. Special acknowledgement is also due to Dr Raymond
Boudet-Dalbin of the Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, University
of René Descartes, Paris, France, for drawing the chemical
structures and for compiling the index of major chemical constituents including
information on their molecular formula and CAS numbers. The
photograph for the front cover was kindly provided by the Research
Center for Medicinal Plant Resources, National Institute of Biomedical
Innovation, Tsukuba City, Japan.
<strong>WHO</strong> also acknowledges with thanks the valuable work of the approximately
200 experts including 81 national health authorities, who
provided comments and advice on the draft texts; those who submitted
comments through the World Self-Medication Industry (a nongovernmental
organization in official relations with <strong>WHO</strong>) and the International
Federation of Pharmacists (a nongovernmental organization in official
relations with <strong>WHO</strong>); and those who participated in the Fourth <strong>WHO</strong>
Consultation on Selected Medicinal Plants held in Salerno-Paestum, Italy,
in October 2005 to review the <strong>monographs</strong> (see Annex 1).
Sincere appreciation is extended to the Ministry of Health of Italy, the
Government of the Province of Campagna, Italy, the Municipal Government
of Salerno, Italy, and the State University of Salerno, who hosted the
above-mentioned Fourth <strong>WHO</strong> Consultation and supported it financially.
Finally, <strong>WHO</strong> wishes to express thanks to Mr Raymond Tsai, Boston,
USA, Dr Hermann Garden, Basel, Switzerland, Ms Lynn Morra, Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and Ms Tina Lu, Rochester, USA, for their
indispensable assistance in finalizing and editing the manuscripts.
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