Indigenous Knowledge Systems Research Unit
Medicinal Plants (Current usage with scientific studies - clinical, Toxicology and chemistry)
IKS [Health] has created an inventory of all IKS health research funded by the MRC with an expressed interest for tracking such research.
Through the Clinical trials platform, the IKS [Health] has developed methods and procedures for handling claims for cures. A database of all claims presented at the IKS [Health] is documented. The uniqueness of this database is that it is the current medications and traditional practices that are used. It is a database that shows clinical trial validation and eventual commercialization of the claims. What is documented are the names of the individuals, the place of origin, the complete claims - names of plants ( including planting these at the Delft site for authentication and monograph creation), how the plants are prepared, how they are used, how these dosages are scientifically standardized and formulated, the agreements signed and entered into, beneficiaries, agreements of royalty pay-outs, the research result outcomes - clinical (toxicology and effectiveness - both in animal and human studies), licensing out agreements and also those claims that were not considered for evaluation are documented and the reason for not investing in them are detailed in the database.
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