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Presentation of the A.M.I. Encyclopedia

A Natural Product Designer^® Service

A.M.I. (Alban Muller International) is the expert in natural raw materials and in particular plant extracts. It has explored and highlighted the wealth of the plant world for 30 years. The group has become world famous: it helps professionals in the industries of Beauty, Health, and Well-Being develop eco-responsible, natural products.

These teams have now studied 500 species. Thanks to this knowledge, the Group edited a CD-Rom in 1997, containing a large number of plants for cosmetic and phytotherapy use. The database met such a huge success that 3 years ago, Alban Muller gave his team of specialists the mission of working to build a more comprehensive and efficient tool.

And the new generation A.M.I. Encyclopedia was born! It is now accessible on Internet. New contents on 250 plants (and 350 soon!) for use in cosmetics, phytotherapy and well-being food (food supplements and functional foods, for example) are now available in French and English with a dynamic and user-friendly navigator.

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All about Beauty, Health, and Well-Being Plants

The A.M.I. Encyclopedia is a practical and educational working tool for professionals in the marketing, communications, and R&D fields of the cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical industries. The tool also serves scientists and teachers, offering user-friendly files and tabs:

• Names in several languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, and of course Latin (and synonyms where necessary), essential for precise plant-identification;

• Characteristics: family, morphological type, habitat, climate zone, manufacturing area, region of origin;

• Botanical description;

• History, tradition, etymology and legends;

• Bibliography;

• Iconography.

For each plant, specific information is available regarding the plant part(s) used (fruit, leaf, flower, seed, etc.):

• A chemical composition including the list of molecules according to a hierarchy;

• Use in phytotherapy, food, and/or cosmetics.

Multi-criteria and/or general research

Whether you know exactly what you are looking for, or whether you are after inspiration, the information you need is rapidly available thanks to the search engine’s 15 criteria which you can combine or use separately. These criteria have been developed specifically for the A.M.I. Encyclopedia:

• Family: Apiaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, Mimosaceae, etc.

• Morphological type: alga, tree, mushroom, climbing plant, herbaceous plant, etc.

• Geographical origin: Central Africa, South America, Eastern Asia, the Mediterranean region, the Indian Ocean islands, etc.

• Geographical range: same as above

• Climate zone: altitude, arid, icy, tropical, etc.

• Habitat: desert, fresh water, tropical rainforest, scrubland, coastlines, savanna, tundra, etc.

• Etymology: relating to shape, colour, smell, season, texture, etc.

• Symbol: abundance, happiness, luck, courage, loyalty, honour, innocence, youth, magic, dreams, life, etc.

• Plant part: flower bud, bark, leaf, flower, fruit, seed, root, sap, etc.

• Cosmetic properties: moisturising, antioxidant, softening, slimming, repellent, hair stimulating, etc.

• Cosmetic targets: dull and tired, sensitive and fragile skin, damaged, permed, died hair, eye contours, mouth hygiene, baby care, etc.

• Pharmaceutical properties: anti-acne, healing, slimming, hormonal, antihistaminic, diuretic, anti-fungal, analgesic, etc.

• Food applications: adaptogen, leg comfort, relaxation, elimination, energy, meno-balance, slimness, aromatising and condiment plants, sun care products, hair and nail revitalisers, etc.

• Chemical composition listed and detailed according to main families: carbohydrates, protids, lipids, minerals, vitamins, organic acids (citric, malic acids, etc.), phenolic compounds (flavonoids, tannins, etc.) terpenoids (carotenoids, etc.)

• Characteristic substances where applicable: vegetable oil, essential oil and dyeing matter

The AND/OR function, for each criteria, can help sharpen your exploration. An open research is also available, alone or combined with the multi-criteria engine, to help you explore all the options.

Plant Index

It is available in 7 languages and lists all the plants available in the Encyclopedia, including their Latin, French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese synonyms.

Bilingual Glossaries

The other precious tools in the A.M.I. Encyclopedia: 6 bilingual glossaries (French-English) bring together the definitions of a large number of words specific to the fields concerned: botany, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, food, chemistry and history. We offer two consulting methods:

• A thematic consultation using the ‘Bilingual Glossary’ chapter and its 6 categories;

• A consultation in a context, by simply clicking on interactive key words in the text in the Encyclopedia pages.

Navigation and tools of the A.M.I. Encyclopedia have been developed specifically for easy and rapid access to the information you need.

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