Alkemists Labs - Natural Product Testing, Botanical Identity Testing, Food Testing Lab, Diet Supplement Analysis

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Alkemists News

01.26.11.: Alkemists Adds To Executive Leadership Team...more
08.17.09.: Arizona Nutritional Supplements selects Alkemists Labs as Partner For Quality...more
04.12.09.: Alkemists Launches New Product Line: Composite Reference Botanicals...more

Alkemists Labs - Resources

Forms for Download
> Sample Submission Form
> Services Agreement
> Business Account Application
> Random Testing Program Application
Presentations for Download
> HPTLC Lab Services Presentation (.pdf)
> Plant Authenication Services Presentation (The Analytical Triad) (.pdf)
> Random Testing Program (.pdf)
> Random Testing Program One-sheet (.pdf)
Botanical Test & Ingredient Identity Service Listing
> Verified Botanicals List & Methods (.pdf)

Industry Organizations and Other Links> http://alkemists.blogspot.com (Lab Blog for Botanical and Plant Extract Testing)
> http://blog.ingredientidentity.com (Ingredient Identity - QA and GMP Regulatory Blog)
> NPICenter (Contract Analytical Laboratory Section)

	> NPI Center Analytical Laboraotory Listing (Nutraceutical Testing Lab) > American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) - Sponsor

	> AHPA HOODIA Testing Method > American Botanical Counsel (ABC)



	> UNPA (United Natural Products Alliance)


	> AHPA HOODIA Testing Method > Ingredient Identity (www.ingredientidentity.com)


	> Agricultural Research Service (ARS) > www.plantsavers.org > GOJI FRUIT - www.gojifruitreview.com > Montana AHG - Recommended Reading > Classic Works in Herbal Medicine > Herb Research News > The Toxicity of Plants > Herb Drug Interactions > National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH) > Herb Research Foundation > The Phytochemistry of Herb > MEDHERB > The Alchemy Virtual Library > Michael Tierra's Planetherbs and East West Herb Course > Herbal Bookworm > Shawnee Moon Herbaceuticals > THE ENTHEOGEN REVIEW > PABLO AMARINGO > Hoodia Blog Testing Laboratory for Natural Products and Botanicals > GAC FRUIT - www.gacfruitreview.com > Supplement Quality and Testing (www.supplementquality.com)

	Industry Regulations> FDA/CFSAN (Food & Drug Administration/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) > Botanical Drug Development Q&A (FDA-CDER) > NIH/ODS (National Institute of Health/Office of Dietary Supplements) > USP (United States Pharmacopeia) > AOAC (Association of Analytical Communities)
	Image Library> Stomate Library > Trichome Library > Pollen Grain Library > Plant Crystals

White Papers & Publications

Optimization of Extraction Methods of some of the pentacyclic triterpenes, sterols & linear alcohols & Quantification of ß-Sitosterol in Pygeum aka Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkman [Rosaceae] by High Performance This-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) with comparative analysis by HPLC.
Sidney Sudberg, DC, LAc, RH (AHG) - 119th AOAC International Annual Meeting Wednesday September 14, 2005 Orlando, FL

A Unique Approach to the Identification of Hoodia gordonii using Digital Photo-Microscopy (DPM), High Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC), Macroscopy & High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).
Sidney Sudberg, RH (AHG), LAc, DC - Natural Health Product Research Society of Canada 02/12/05

Establishing Identification Methods For Ethnobotanical Medicines.
Sidney Sudberg and Elan M. Sudberg - The Entheogen Review POB 19820 Sacramento CA, 95819

Certificates of Analysis for Dietary Supplements - Botanical C of A's: Challenges and Solutions
Sidney Sudberg, DC, LAc, RH (AHG) - Utah Natural Products Alliance Thrusday June 23 2005 Salt Lake City, UT

Alkemists Labs offers Clients: expertise in the area of method development and validation for their natural products and food ingredients. Whether HPTLC, HPLC of any combination thereof, Alkemists Labs can conduct a regimented study organized around set deliverables and a defined study plan that enables a client to have a Proprietary method or obtain routine testing of their proprietary natural product, thus protecting their Brand and surrounding intellectual property.