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The Som Group has Project Teams working on strategic new business
development projects One of our projects relates to Complementary and
Alternative Medicine for Diabetes Management The SEE editorial group
interviewed Shri Vijaya Raghavan, who heads Project Diabetes Here are
excerpts of what we found
1 Herbal Medicine Has A Role in Integrated Diabetes
Management
Ancient Indian texts refer to diabetes The terms used refer to
glucose intolerance and to symptoms of the disorder, such as excessive
urination, as well
More than 25 medicinal herbs have been reported in ancient texts as
having beneficial effects on diabetes and its side-effects The Som Group
has the botanical names
and details of each of the plants concerned This
helps to address criticism that herbal medicine lacks validation
Quality extracts, free from contaminants, hold keys to successful
integration of herbal medicine in modern diabetes management
Prior agreements on specifications influence quality perceptions
Heavy metals for example, are used in herbal medicine, though modern
medicine recognizes their deleterious potentials at high doses
Herbal medicines offer very significant economic benefits compared to
mainstream drugs from modern science That is why their preventive
compulsions, social security perspectives, and resource constraints press
the case for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2 Som Group Resources for Herbal Extracts
The Som Group is unbiased It does not support any particular herb
Neither is it in the business of marketing herbal medicines It can be used
as a recognized RD facility
The Som Group blends traditional knowledge and new technologies for
economical and fast-track herbal medicine development projects
The Som Group has assembled a proprietary and comprehensive compendium
of herbal extracts for diabetes
management All manners of stakeholders can
benefit from this compendium
The Som Group plans similar approaches to obesity, nephrology, immune
disorders, and bone physiology in due course
3 Integrated Diabetes Management is a major business
opportunity
The World Health Organization WHO estimates that some 171 million
around the world suffer from diabetes today This number is forecast to
double in the next two decades
Diabetes can be prevented in some cases, and adequately managed as
well However, it continues to defy a cure
Modern diets and lifestyles are thought to contribute to the rising
incidence of diabetes
4 Hyderabad has advantages for herbal medicine development
The city is replete with pharmaceutical manufacturing units certified
to GMP standards Commercial manufacture can therefore merge seamlessly
with development efforts of the Som Group
5 Herbal medicine development needs a new perspective on
intellectual property
Plants or their gross extracts cannot be patented However, this is
not a constraint since herbal extract properties depend on cultivation
specifics
and extraction method A single plant may support multiple
patents New approaches to intellectual property protection are needed to
meet twin objectives of quality medicine for consumers, and transparent
benefit sharing between various shareholders
Now, it is over to you Write to see@somphytocom today Start a new
project in herbal medicine with us
Source:baptistfirst.org
