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Dr. Kannan Vishwanatth to set up a World-Class Herbal Research Centre in Riga, Latvia
Prof. Dr Kannan Vishwanatth, Managing Director of Rupus Global Limited New Delhi (India), March 9: Rupus Global Herbal & Research & Development Institute, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Rupus Global Limited will function as a pioneer institute in the area of research, education, conservation, and popularization of Ayurveda medicinal plants. The Institute will be one of Latvia’s innovative […]
Prof. Dr Kannan Vishwanatth, Managing Director of Rupus Global Limited
New Delhi (India), March 9: Rupus Global Herbal & Research & Development Institute, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Rupus Global Limited will function as a pioneer institute in the area of research, education, conservation, and popularization of Ayurveda medicinal plants. The Institute will be one of Latvia’s innovative herbal centers of excellence & first of its kind model to develop as a leading herbal destination for the healthy life of national and international communities. Rupus Global Herbal & Research & Development Institute will promote the establishment of eco and herbal tourism among farmers of Latvia for the cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants. The key feature of Rupus Global Herbal & Research & Development Institute will be to its endeavor for the attainment of higher objectives in the field of medicinal plants research is the establishment of the Centre for Medicinal Plants Research.
Announcing the initiatives, Prof. Dr. Kannan Vishwanatth, founder chairman of Rupus Global Limited said “The Baltic state of Latvia, an EU member is a country on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea between Lithuania and Estonia. According to World Economics Research, the population of Latvia is estimated to be 1,8 million with a GDP per capita using purchasing power parity of US$41,474. Rupus Global Herbal & Research & Development Institute will be fundamentally executing Clinical Research, Fundamental Research, Pharmacology Research (Pre-clinical Safety/Toxicity and Biological Activity Studies), Medicinal Plant Research (Medico-Ethno Botanical survey, Cultivation, Pharmacognosy) Drug standardization Research. It is estimated that 122 drugs from 94 plant species have been discovered based on ethnobotanical leads. The local people in the territory of Latvia used medicinal plants to treat different ailments. The knowledge about chemical composition of plants might not be known to the local people, but they knew medicinal plants that were useful to treat many kinds of diseases and health conditions. According to information provided in the records of Latvian folk medicine, oral administration of herbals was the most commonly used, simplest, and fastest route of administration. Many records mentioned that plant leaves, such as plantain, yarrow, aloe, and apple tree leaves were applied directly to fresh wounds or insect or animal bites, as they had properties that reduced inflammation and healing wounds. During Latvia’s tenure, its ministry of agriculture has been focusing on the promotion of organic farming, which accounts for 11% of agriculture in the country. Latvia ranks among five EU member states with the highest ratio of organic agriculture against the total area of agricultural land in the country”.
