Official: Iranian Knowledge-Based Firms Building 5 Refineries for Herbal Plants
“At present, Iran is the fourth country producing science in the field of traditional medicine and medicinal plants,” Mohammad Reza Shams Ardakani said.
Noting that nearly 100 knowledge-based companies in the field of medicinal plants and traditional medicine have succeeded in obtaining knowledge-based approval, he said, “Five medicinal plant refineries are due to be set up in Kashan, Kashmar, Mashhad and Khuzestan province with the support of the Iranian Vice- Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy.”
Shams Ardakani said that two of the refineries are in the last stages of starting operations, adding that necessary measures are being adopted to build three other refineries.
Figures in April showed that Iran has exported more than $660 million worth of herbal medicines in recent years.
As a vast country with different climates, Iran is a suitable place for planting and growing different types of herbs, a report by the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology says, adding that as statistics show currently, about 90% of medicinal herbs are grown inside the country.
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