The drug master file of an Ayurveda drug for diabetes developed from ancient manuscripts by Traditional Knowledge Innovation-Kerala with CARe Keralam (Confederation for Ayurvedic Renaissance-Keralam Limited), a public limited company established as a cluster of Ayurveda industries, was unveiled here on Thursday by Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar.
The diabetes drug, rediscovered from ancient palm leaf manuscripts, would not cause hypoglycaemia or excessive lowering of blood sugar levels, an official press release here said. The drug master file had been prepared after proving the efficacy of the drug through clinical trials of international standards, it has been claimed.
Protecting traditions
Traditional Knowledge Innovation-Kerala (TKI-K), an endeavour of the Directorate of Ayurveda Medical Education, is aimed at protecting the rich traditions of Ayurveda preserved in ancient palm leaf manuscripts by digitising and archiving them.
The project also intends to use the knowledge retrieved from these manuscripts for developing new and standardised Ayurvedic medicinal formulations.
Already, over 40,000 palm leaf manuscripts have been digitised under the project and six books have been brought out compiling the information retrieved from these manuscripts.
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