ABC Presents Awards

ABC Presents Awards

AUSTIN, TexasThe American Botanical Council (ABC) presented twonew awards during its American Botanical Celebration, held during Expo West inAnaheim, Calif. The James A. Duke Botanical Literature Award honors anoutstanding contribution by a book to the knowledge and understanding ofmedicinal and aromatic plants, and was presented to The Essential Guide toHerbal Safety by Simon Mills and Kerry Bone (Elsevier Churchill Livingstone,2005). The Norman R. Farnsworth Botanical Research Award recognizes outstanding efforts of anindividual or research group that has made a significant contribution to oradvancement of knowledge of medicinal plants or other natural products; it waspresented to Joseph M. Betz, Ph.D., director of the Dietary Supplements Methodsand Reference Materials Program at the Office of Dietary Supplements.

Dr. James Duke and Professor Norman Farnsworth are two of the mostrespected medicinal plant scientists in the world, said Mark Blumenthal,founder and executive director of ABC. They have contributed immeasurably tothe existing knowledge about herbs and medicinal plants. We at ABC considered it most appropriate to establish these new achievementawards in their names and to include them in the selection process.

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