A.M.I. Encyclopedia

A World-Unique Database
on Beauty, Health, and Well-Being Plants

A Service of Le Natural Product Designer^®

The Alban Muller Group has been the naturals expert for the past 30 years. It explores and highlights the wealth of the plant world for Beauty, Health, and Well-Being. Its teams have studied hundreds of species to this day.

Based on this knowledge, the Group edited a CD-Rom in 1997 listing a large number of plants for cosmetic and phytotherapy use. The database has become a reference tool in many R&D laboratories working on plants. Following this huge success, Alban Muller gave his team of specialists the mission, 3 years ago, of working on and building an even more complete and efficient tool. Thus was born the ‘new generation’ Internet A.M.I. Encyclopedia.

The Expert Database For You To Know Everything About Plants

Nouvelles plantes New contents on 270 plants (and new plants added each month) useable in cosmetics, phytotherapy and/or well-being food (food supplements, functional foods for example) are now available in English and French via a dynamic, intuitive navigation system.

The A.M.I. Encyclopedia is a practical working tool for marketing, communications and R&D professionals in the cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical industries as well as for scientists and teachers. It offers files and user-friendly tabs on each plant:

Its names and synonyms in several languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, and of course Latin, which is essential to identify the plant precisely
Its characteristics: family, morphological type, habitat, climate zone, cultivation zone, geographical origin
Its botanical description
The connected history, tradition, etymology and legends
A bibliography and an iconography

For each plant, you will also find specific information on the plant part(s) used (fruit, leaf, flower, seed, etc.):

Chemical composition classified and detailed by families: carbohydrates, protids, lipids, minerals, vitamins, organic acids (citric, malic acids, etc.), phenolic compounds (flavonoids, tannins, etc.), terpenoids (carotenoids...), etc.
Uses in phytotherapy, food and/or cosmetics

Plants 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.

The plant files can be accessed by:

An alphabetical index by language
An open and/or multicriteria search engine (family, geographical origin, chemical composition, field of application, etc.)

An absolute must for your professional searches

Find the information you need rapidly, thanks to the 15 combinable criteria in the search engine specifically developed for the A.M.I. Encyclopedia:

Family: Apiaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, Mimosaceae, etc.
Morphological type: alga, tree, mushroom, climbing plant, herbaceous plant, etc.
Geographical origin and/or distribution: Central Africa, South America, Eastern Asia, Mediterranean region, Indian Ocean islands, etc.
Climate zone: high altitude, arid, glacial, tropical, etc.
Habitat: desert, fresh water, tropical rainforests, scrubland, coasts, savannah, tundra, etc.
Etymology: linked to form, colour, fragrance, texture, season, etc.
Symbol: abundance, happiness, luck, courage, loyalty, honour, innocence, youth, magic, dreams, life, etc.
Plant part: bud, bark, leaf, flower, fruit, seed, root, etc.
Cosmetic properties: moisturising, antioxidant, softening, slimming, hair stimulating, repulsive, regenerating, anti-ageing, etc.
Cosmetic targets: tired and dull skin, sensitive and fragile skin, damaged hair, dyed or permed hair, eye contours, mouth hygiene, baby care, etc.
Pharmaceutical properties: anti-acne, healing, slimming, analgesic, hormonal, anti-histaminic, diuretic, anti-fungal, etc.
Food applications: adaptogen, leg comfort, hair and nail revitaliser, relaxing, elimination, energy, meno-balance, slimming, sun care, etc.
Chemical composition ranked and detailed by large families: carbohydrates, protids, lipids, minerals, vitamins, organic acids (citric, malic acids, etc.), phenolic compounds (flavonoids, tannins, etc.), terpenoids (carotenoids, etc.), etc.
Characteristic substances where applicable: vegetable oil, essential oil, and dyeing matters

+ 6 English-French
glossaries for you
to have all info
a click away:

The and/or function for each criteria can sharpen your research.
An open criteria search is also available, alone or combined with the multicriteria engine, to help you study all possibilities.

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