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Preliminary findings on medicinal plants show hopeful results against Covid: DBT

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New Delhi: In what may come as a shot in the arm for India’s traditional medicines and AYUSH products, preliminary findings of scientific research on medicinal plants by department of biotechnology (DBT) has shown promising results against covid-19, said Dr.

Renu Swarup, secretary, DBT in India’ ministry of science and technology.The department of biotechnology is developing therapeutics from natural products in partnership with ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) and has screened extracts of over 15 medicinal plants for their anti-viral properties.This comes in the backdrop of concerns raised over the efficacy of alternative system of medicines in preventing and treating various diseases..

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