Karnataka: Ayurveda centre gets 7 US patents, more in the pipeline

MANGALURU: Six herbomineral products developed by

Dr M Vijaybhanu Shetty

, chairman, Muniyal Ayurveda, Manipal, have got US patents from the Director of United States Patent and Trademark Office. A unique accomplishment in the history of Ayurveda, these patents are for a period of 20 years. Toxicity study, animal experimentation, clinical data and structured data of all the drugs have been conducted at reputed institutions. Several peer reviews have been published in prestigious magazines on the research products, Dr Shetty told TOI.


Herbomineral products, namely Muneks for cancer (2 patents), Insol-N for diabetes, Heartogen for cardiac ailments, Herbotrim for metabolic disorders, Munibeyotic Plus for bacterial &; viral infections, and a line of treatment for cancer, namely Mahoshadha Kalpa have obtained US patents. Mahoshadha Kalpa is inspired by the teachings of Bhagwan Buddha. Dr Shetty said, eight more products are expected to get US patents soon.

The Muniyal Ayurveda group runs under-graduate, post-graduate and PhD courses in Ayurveda,

Naturopathy

and Yoga degree courses from this year and has developed herbal gardens to protect endangered species of medicinal plants. They also conduct R&D and have clinics and production unit. Sacitra Caraka Samhita, a translation of Caraka Samhita from Sanskrit to English, a Muniyal Ayurveda publication, which is a useful book of reference in Ayurveda, was appreciated and released by the former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

Dr Shetty said, “The biggest challenge in Ayurveda though we have remedies for most of the diseases is that it has not been presented scientifically and we are attempting to do that,” he said. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pointed out the increase in demand of Ayurvedic products during the pandemic and called upon the education ministry and UGC to explore new possibilities with subjects such as

Ayurveda Physics

and Ayurveda Chemistry, he said.

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