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 The
Janaki Ammal Herbarium is a national referral facility,
taken over in bequest from the Drug Research Laboratory,
Jammu. The original collection comprises of a rich collection
from all over India by col. Sir R. N. Chopra, Shri R.
L. Bhadwar and Dr. S. L. Nayar, under a scheme financed
by the Indian Council of Medical Research. These collections
include specimens dated even prior to 1935 some of them
even dating back to 19th Century.
The preserved specimens in this herbarium include a large
number of medicinal, aromatic and other economic plants
from different parts of India and foreign countries, whereas
the flora of North-West Himalayan region is very well
represented. The herbarium at present houses more than
21,500 specimens representing 3,254 species, 1,152 genera
and 218 families of Angiosperms, Gymnosperms and Pteridophytes.
This facility is used by scientists from academia & herbal
drug Industry as ready reference for authentication of
plants. It is recognized internationally and is registered
in Index herbariorum at New York, U.S.A under the acronym
RRLH. Currently the herbarium specimens are being digitalized
and would be made available for S&T staff through intranet.
Botanical Drug Repository
 National
Repository of Botanical Drugs at IIIM houses a total of
3,600 crude drug samples of authenticated parts of the
plants, used as medicine, have been housed. The botanical
drugs comprising, root, stem, leaves , flower, fruit,
seed, root & rhizome, stem & leaves, fruit & seed, stem
bark, root bark, heart wood, whole plant, whole plant
without root, exudates, gum/resin, tuber and bulb, have
been classified on the most scientific and modern lines.
Currently this referral facility is accessible to pharmaceutical
industry, traders, medicinal practitioners, natural product
chemists, students and academics. |
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