Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

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INTRODUCTION:

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) is a multi disciplinary multi locational R & D institute dedicated to the cause of medicinal and aromatic plant research, cultivation and business.CIMAP has its footprints in different agro climatic zones of India in form of it's Resource Centers (CRC) and Resource Points (CRP).

R & D ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT:

Conservation & utilization of genetic resources of medicinal & aromatic pants
Bioprospection & development of technologies for therapeutic, nutraceutical, agrichemical & health care product
Transforming R& D leads into technologies and products
Bio-village approach for mission programme on technology dissemination in geranium, patchouli, Artemisia annua, rose, mints, rosemary and Cymbopogon grasses
Development of improved varieties and agro technologies for priority plants
Plants genomics and biotechnological improvement in Catharanathus, Withania and Mentha species
Plant tissue culture technology for developing high throughput regeneration and secondary metabolite production
Integrated nutrient and pest management strategies leading to near organic farming
Basic research in selected medicinal and aromatic plants for future exploitation

The institue has state of art infrastructure labs for research and advanced instrumentation like

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR)

LC-MS/MS system

Atomic absorption Spectrometer

UV-Vis scanning and Infra-red spectrophotometer

HPLCs: Analytical, semi-preparative & Preparative

GC-MS and Gas liquid chromatographs

Transmission electron microscope (TEM) with scanning system
Centrifuge partition chromatography system

Digital polarimeter

Flash chromatograph

and better agro based technologies.

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