Centre of Excellence for Ayurveda Inspired Discovery
The centre anticipates support from the Ministry of Ayush for this
A National Centre for Excellence for Ayurveda-Inspired Discovery is being set up at the Thiruvananthapuram-based Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology. The centre anticipates support from the Ministry of Ayush for this.
The centre will lead research into efficacy mechanisms involved in Ayurvedic therapeutics as well as develop standardisation protocols and certification systems to help traditional medicines gain global acceptability.
It will also lead research programmes to identify active compounds in medicinal plants and herbal formulations, their molecular targets and pathways to discover potential new therapeutic uses for them.
Ayurveda-Inspired Discovery (AID) is a research programme of the institute. Among the objectives of the centre of excellence will be the analysis of Ayurvedic therapeutics for treatment response and their effect on patho-physiological processes and developing uniform protocols, compositions and components. The herbal products will be characterised using advanced technologies such as genetic bar coding, genetic fingerprinting and mass spectroscopy.
Centre to fund new ayurveda clinical research centre
The Centre has pledged financial support to set up a state-of-the-art ayurvedic clinical research centre in Kerala to help scientifically validate traditional systems of healing and medicine and integrate them with mainstream healthcare delivery. Union Minister for State for Ayush Shripad Yesso Naik gave the assurance as he announced the new national programme of Ayurveda-Inspired Research initiated by the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology and the proposed National Ayurveda Expo 2015 at a function today.
Naik said the Centre would fund the setting up the clinical research facility in Konni, as Kerala's Minister for Health and Family Welfare V S Sivakumar promised to provide the approximately 50 acres of land required for the project.
The project will also include a research centre to study medicinal plant conservation, metabolic engineering to improve active plant components and a discovery programme looking for therapeutically significant molecules and compounds.
Two independent but cooperating sister campuses are proposed under the new centre; one will be an Ayurvedic Clinical Research Centre at Konni in Pathanamthitta district and the second a High Altitude Discovery Centre at Munnar in Idukki district.
Leading bio-medical companies such as central public sector enterprise HLL Lifecare Limited and other Ayurveda-based companies and organisations are expected to be partners in the project.
The centre will lead research into efficacy mechanisms involved in Ayurvedic therapeutics as well as develop standardisation protocols and certification systems to help traditional medicines gain global acceptability.
It will also lead research programmes to identify active compounds in medicinal plants and herbal formulations, their molecular targets and pathways to discover potential new therapeutic uses for them.
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Ayurveda-Inspired Discovery (AID) is a research programme of the institute. Among the objectives of the centre of excellence will be the analysis of Ayurvedic therapeutics for treatment response and their effect on patho-physiological processes and developing uniform protocols, compositions and components. The herbal products will be characterised using advanced technologies such as genetic bar coding, genetic fingerprinting and mass spectroscopy.
Centre to fund new ayurveda clinical research centre
The Centre has pledged financial support to set up a state-of-the-art ayurvedic clinical research centre in Kerala to help scientifically validate traditional systems of healing and medicine and integrate them with mainstream healthcare delivery. Union Minister for State for Ayush Shripad Yesso Naik gave the assurance as he announced the new national programme of Ayurveda-Inspired Research initiated by the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology and the proposed National Ayurveda Expo 2015 at a function today.
Naik said the Centre would fund the setting up the clinical research facility in Konni, as Kerala's Minister for Health and Family Welfare V S Sivakumar promised to provide the approximately 50 acres of land required for the project.
The project will also include a research centre to study medicinal plant conservation, metabolic engineering to improve active plant components and a discovery programme looking for therapeutically significant molecules and compounds.
Two independent but cooperating sister campuses are proposed under the new centre; one will be an Ayurvedic Clinical Research Centre at Konni in Pathanamthitta district and the second a High Altitude Discovery Centre at Munnar in Idukki district.
Leading bio-medical companies such as central public sector enterprise HLL Lifecare Limited and other Ayurveda-based companies and organisations are expected to be partners in the project.
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First Published: Jan 11 2015 | 8:38 PM IST