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NMPB begins special drive to identify patentable projects
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Neethikirshna, Mumbai
March 02 , 2021
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The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), under the Union Ministry of Ayush, has initiated a special drive to identify the patentable projects which were sponsored under the research and development component of Central Sector Scheme (CSS) on conservation, development and sustainable management of medicinal plants.
The NMPB generally sponsors various research & development (R&D) programmes under CSS to both government as well as private organizations across the country, said the statement issued by the Union Ministry of Ayush.
Under these sponsored/financially supported research projects, the NMPB so far identified three unique projects which are novel in nature and patentable. They are bio-production of secondary metabolites from Aegle marmelos which is commonly known as Bel (R&D/TN-04/2006-07); in vitro production of secondary metabolites from tree species of dashamoola (10 roots used in Ayurveda) through hairy root cultures (R&D/TN-0112013-14-NMPB); and development of anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory agents from dioscoria floribunda (R&D/UP-04/2015-16).
While the first two projects belong to the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore, the third project was carried out by Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow. The CIMAP filed patent is titled as “A synergistic polyherbal formulation exhibiting potential cancer activity.”
The CEO-NMPB reiterated that this is just the humble beginning for NMPB’s team and will file more patents in the coming days.
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) and Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS), autonomous organizations under the Union Ministry of Ayush are also engaged through its research institutions /centre/units in research & development activities on medicinal plants used in concerned system of medicine.
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