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Albert Y. Leung Ph.D., B.S., M.S.

Albert Y. Leung Ph.D. was born in 1938 in Hong Kong. He received a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from National Taiwan University (B.S. in 1961) and then a Doctorate in Pharmacognosy from the University of Michigan (M.S. in 1965 and Ph.D. in 1967).
For more than 40 years, he has been researching historical and traditional plants. He contributed his knowledge to the computer database of medicinal plants (PHYTOMED) for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He is the author of the Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, as well as numerous articles dedicated to traditional plant-based remedies. For many years, he has advocated for production quality in the herb processing industry.
He is considered one of the greatest experts on botanical products in the Western world and an expert on traditional Chinese medicine. He worked on the development of several hundred natural products that are successfully sold worldwide today. He is the founder of the field of herbal mixtures in the world. He formulated the original versions of two other herbal drinks: Libra and Intra. Mr. Leung is the author of formulas for many commercially successful herbal products still sold by international companies, e.g., Forever Living, Herbalife, Colgate, Palmolive, Estée Lauder, Avon.

The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, one of the most prestigious universities in the USA, awarded Mr. Leung the prestigious Alumni Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2011. Recognition from world universities certainly belongs among the main awards for scientists and visionaries. Mr. Leung's award can thus be considered one of the possible peaks in the career of a scientist and innovator.

He is the author of several publications and articles dedicated to the selection and use of traditional herbs:

  • Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics.
    This book is currently used as a classic encyclopedia in this field.
  • Better Health (Mainly) with Chinese Herbs and Foods.
    This book has been translated into Czech and is sold by our company.
  • Leung’s Chinese Herb News.
    This bulletin is highly valued by scientists and researchers who want to know the pure truth about herbs.
  • PHYTOMED
    A prototype medicinal herb database developed for the National Cancer Institute in the USA. Mr. Leung processed, excerpted, and entered approximately 30,000 documents into this International Data Bank focused on cancer research, PHYTOMED.