Research Areas

Natural Plant Product

IHBT is constantly striving to generate new knowledge to fulfill its mission of sustainablemanagement of Bioresources in the himalayan region by adoptinga multidisciplinary approach in R & D activities. The Institute has five Divisions engaged in research of high scientific impact

A multidisciplinary group involved in research activities on plant science, phytochemistry, natural colors and essential oil of plant origin and chemical technology to develop bioactive molecules and their synthesis. Chemical modification and formulation of value added products from plant sources. Designing and processing technology, agrotechnology and release of complete production package for important medicinal and aromatic plants for pharmaceutical and essential oil industry

Facilities

  The unit has a 12 ha area for cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants. A 10 Q, 4 Q and 15 kg capacity distillation unit for processing of aromatics. An exclusive 50 kg capacity unit for processing medicinal plants. A series of polyhouses for cultivation of important endangered high altitude medicinal & aromatic plants. The natural chemistry lab is equipped with NMR, HPLCs, GC-MS, rotavapour, sonicator, microwave synthesizer for undertaking studies on chemotypes, chemical characterization and process development for natural colours and dyes. A bioreactor (10 L) for undertaking studies on bio-transformations. For development of products, facilities like industrial rotavapour (50 Q capacity), spray dryer, filter press, solvent extraction unit, water purification unit and ion exchange columns exist.

Pilot Facility

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