Phytotherapy in Europe--18 years of ESCOP Presidency Laudation on the occasion of the retirement of Professor Fritz H. Kemper from ESCOP.

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  • Barbara Steinhoff
  • Liselotte Krenn
چکیده

∗ On 10 September 2010 Professor Dr. Fritz H. Kemper retired rom the European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP) aving been President for more than 18 years, and at the wheel of SCOP from its beginning in 1989. Thanks to his great personal ommitment, his scientific competence and his diplomatic skills rofessor Kemper steered its course safely through many a storm. e, his colleagues from ESCOP, very much regret his retirement nd would like to express our sincere appreciation and admiration or his activity and his energy over such a long period and for his reat success in establishing the scientifically based phytotherapy n a European level. Based on his visionary views in the field of phytotherapy, Proessor Kemper was one of the co-initiators of ESCOP. From the very eginning of ESCOP he has been involved in its scientific work and he preparation of harmonized monographs on efficacy and safety ndmedicinal use of plants, startingwith the first fivemonographs n three languages in 1990 and followed by loose-leaf binders conaining six fascicules, each of 10 monographs; later on by two ardback books in 2003 and 2009 and finally the preparation of he most recent online publication. In his position as a member f the Board of Supervising Editors, a well-experienced internaional body of academic teachers, he had a final critical look on the onographs prior to their publication. Professor Kemper has alwayswaved the flag for herbs asmedicnal products, particularlywhen the discussion arose as towhere to raw the borderline with other groups of products of herbal origin, nd he has decisively contributed to preventing their downgradng into other categories which do not require a proof of quality, fficacy and safety. He has always advocated a differentiation of erbal medicinal products with a high and a low level of evidence.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology

دوره 18 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011