Bimonthly Iranian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Issued
Bimonthly Iranian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for January and February, 2017, was issued.
Bimonthly Iranian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for January and February, 2017, was issued.
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Iran’s digital herbariorum system which was first started in Medicinal Plants Research Institute of Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) in 2014, is now registered in Index Herbariorum with an acronym of IMPH.
About one thousand kilograms of Asafoetida gum, with the value of 20 thousand dollars, has been exported to other countries since the beginning of this year.
Minister of Agriculture Jihad said, “We must change the high traditional demand which is based on selling raw products, to trading demands of the processed products with high added value.”
Educational Workshop on the different extraction methods of essential oils from medicinal and aromatic plants will be held with the collaboration of National Network of Research and Technology on Medicinal Plants and Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands on Wednesday, January 4th.
Referring to the medicinal plants’ cultivation in 500 hectares of Dishmok lands, the managing director of Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province said, “This, has a great impact on employment and sustainable development.”
After the holding of the educational workshop in National University of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, Iran’s strength in the field of medicinal plants and traditional medicine was introduced.
The theoretical and practical workshop on the ‘Study of the Cell Toxicity Effect of Active Principle of Medicinal Plant on Cell Lines’ was held on Wednesday, December 14th, in the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
The second exhibition of the ‘International Green Week’ with an approach for a green life, will be held between December 27th to December 31st, 2016, with the support of the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology.