Iranian Technological Company Produces, Commercializes 17 Herbal Plants
“Avishan Gol Sepahan company has managed to produce 17 herbal plant products in the farms owned by the university, all of which have succeeded in obtaining health apples (health license) and have reached the commercialization stage,” Ebrahim Rahimi, the president of Islamic Azad University’s Shahr-e Kord branch, told ANA.
He added that Sina Borna Aria company (Saba) has also managed to supply, distribute and import medical, laboratory and chemical equipment, noting that the company designed and manufactured a glass cutting machine with a thickness of 0.5mm to 3mm and then changed the formulation of glass to produce laboratory (optical) slides.
“Now, the products of silk sericin protein solution and dry powder, silk fibroin protein solution and dry powder, hydroxyapatite, calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide in the micro and nanometer scale of the Iranian company have been commercialized,” Rahimi said.
Figures in 2023 showed that Iran had exported more than $660 million worth of herbal medicine 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.
Despite the fact that growing herbs can generate a lot of revenues for Iran, the country’s share of exports of these herbal medicines in the global market is not good at all.
Available official reports indicate that the value of exports of medicinal herbs and herbal medicines in 2012 was about $350 million while the figure has reached more than $ 660 million in recent years. The total value of exports excluding saffron is estimated to have reached at $370 million.
According to the report, the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology’s Department for Development of Herbal Medicine and Traditional Medicine has made necessary planning to expand scientific and technological cooperation at the international level and provide more opportunities for exporting more herbal medicines to other countries.
Participating in International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines (IRCH), sending knowledge-based, technological and creative companies to leading countries in the field of herbal medicines and preparing and presenting the capabilities of domestic companies in the field of equipment, processing and concentrated herbs (herbal beverages) and their introduction to foreign markets are some of the measures and planning made by the department.
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