The Longwood Herbal Task Force

• This easy-to-use site is under development.
• Herbs for which information is incomplete are clearly marked.
• Three types of monographs are available: In-depth Monographs, Clinician Information Summary, and Patient Fact Sheet.
• Review of this site was based on the In-depth Monographs, which are very well documented.
• Site links to clinical toxicology articles published by the Massachusetts Poison Control Center.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the In-depth Monographs.
• Last reviewed November 2007.

Institute of Natural Products Research

• Non-profit educational site geared toward the medical and scientific community.
• Two types of monographs available: Monographs OnLine and Quick Reference Library.
• Review of this site was based on the Monographs Online Monographs.
• Extremely well referenced, well organized, with easy navigation provided by drop down and floating menus.
• Excellent and numerous professional and scientific links.
• Last reviewed November 2007.

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Q

• Very good monograph sample but only one monograph sample available.
• Print version available. Excellent review from JAMA.
• Very well organized monograph, easy navigation.
• Very useful site to clinical pharmacists: herb-herb, herb-drug, herb-food and herb-laboratory interactions easily retrievable. Safety and efficacy ratings available.
• Contraindications, side effects and mechanism of action information available.
• Well referenced.
• Reference Abstracts available for subscribers.
• Last reviewed November 2007.

Association of Natural Medicine Pharmacists Q

• Monographs are of 2 types: "Full Monographs" and "Herbal Quick References."
• The Institute for Natural Products Research is the copyright holder for all these monographs.
• The Full Monographs category included a single herb, ginkgo, at the time the site was reviewed.
• The question and answer area links to the Pharmacy Times web page.
• The site links to many pharmacy, health care, and health professions organizations.
• Last reviewed November 2007.

RxList Alternatives

• Good site with easily retrievable and well referenced pharmacy information such as dose, interactions, mechanism of action, side effects, contra-indications and chemistry.
• Only 4 Western Herb monographs available, dated 1999. Additional monographs slow to come.
• Monographs updated yearly.
• Has a section on Homeopathics and Chinese herbal remedies and also an herbal FAQs section.
• RxList was created by Neil Sandow Pharm.D. in 1994.
• Commercial site.
• Last reviewed November 2007.

American Botanical Council

• A nonprofit educational site offering several educational sections on herbal (Common Herbs, Herb Reference Guide, Popular Herbs in the US, and the monograph samples from Expanded Commission E and the Translated Commission E). 
• Six Expanded Commission E monograph samples with good clinical data applicable for daily pharmacy practice such as dose, side effects, contraindications, use in lactating mother and pregnant women, route of administration, overdose, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The site rating has been based on these monographs.
• The ten monographs from the Translated Commission are not referenced.
• Good links to other professional organizations. Has also some commercial links.
• Last reviewed November 2007.

Alternative Medicine Foundation

• Excellent organization of information.
• Easy navigation within the site.
• Links with PubMed.
• Links available for pictures of herbs.
• Many related links available through PubMed.
• Information is not readily accessible, must choose and read articles to glean needed information.
• Last reviewed November 2007.

Living Naturally

• Commercial site.
• Brief referenced monographs.
• Well-organized site, easy navigation.
• Useful readily available herbal information.
• Excellent links to professional sites.
• Very good internal links to broaden the topic.
• Last reviewed November 2007.

Nutrition Focus

• Commercially sponsored site but objective information.
• Approximately 200 monographs. Not all monographs are referenced.
• Well organized and easy to use site.
• Definition of scientific term(s) and glossary readily available on screen.
• Links to major health organizations.
• Last reviewed November 2007.

Allherb.com

• Commercial site.
• Over 300 extremely short monographs using one or two sources for references.
• Site has contra-indication and drug-herb interaction charts form the Complete Commission E Monograph.
• Last reviewed November 2007.