The deputy minister of Traditional Medicine of Ministry of Health and Medical Sciences noted that this Ministry financially supports the researches in the field of medicinal plants and herbal medicine and said, “The number of researches and papers in this field is growing.”
The workshop on the secondary metabolites production using hairy-root culture was held on Wednesday, 11h of November 2015, by National Network of Research and Technology in Medicinal Plants in the Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute of Shahid Beheshti University.
Vice minister of Traditional Medicine of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education said, “Iranian herbal medicine will be exported to the 22 countries which have interactions with South Korea, as soon as they get a permit from South Korean Food and Drug Administration.”
Deputy minister of Medicinal and Ornamental Plants and Floral Affairs of Ministry of Agriculture Jihad said, “Last year, 26 thousand tonnes of medicinal plants products worth 96.5 million dollars were exported.”
The secretary for National Council for Science and Technology Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine, Vice-presidency for Science and Technology said, “Iran has gained first place in the world for production of Rosa damascena.”
The National Network of Research and Technology in Medicinal Plants collaborating with Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute of Shahid Beheshti University are holding an educational workshop on “the secondary metabolite production using hairy-root culture”.
Deputy minister of Ornamental Plants and Floral Affairs of Ministry of Agriculture Jihad noted that 94 percent of the world’s saffron is produced in Iran and that last year, 159 tonnes of saffron was exported.
Educational workshop on Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry was held by National Network of Research and Technology in Medicinal Plants, in Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute of Shahid Beheshti University.
Assareh said, “In the near future, we will witness that the processed products from barberry, a medicinal plant, is going to enter the European markets, especially Germany.”
The deputy minister of Livestock Production of Agriculture Jihad, announcing that Iran has gained 8th place in the world in production of honey, went on to say, “Iran’s production of honey is 78 thousand tonnes, 5 thousand tonnes of which, is exported to the target countries”