BDCP Center for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research
This Center is located
on Aku Road, Nsukka in South Eastern Nigeria. It was established
in response to the need for dynamic comprehensive laboratory
services in the country. The center consists of a laboratory,
a plant drying and processing unit and a Conference center.
This Center also houses the BDCP S ecretariat
in Nsukka.
The capabilities of
the Center for Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Research include
processing and standardization of phytomedicine as well
as maintaining a full herbarium and ethnobotanical database.
This center is a solution to the dialogue being held over
the years on standardization of herbal medicines and thus
is open to both local and international scientists as
well as herbalists/ traditional healers. In this Center,
extraction of selected medicinal plants, initial bioassay
screens of extracts and bulk extraction of plant material
for drug development are performed. The Center also maintainsan
extract bank which incorporates inventory of the extracts,
their distribution and their status in the test systems.
Brine Shrimp lethality bioassays, Potato disc assays,
TLC, Bioassay- guided fractionation, Chromatographic techniques,
Isolation of compounds, Spectra studies and Chemical analysis
will be conducted in the laboratory.
BDCP will appreciate
assistance in the form of laboratory equipment such as
High Pressure Liqul 'd Chromatography, Chromatotron, Gas
Chromatography, Countercurrent Chromatography (CCC), Spectroscopic
equipment (MS, NMR, UV, FTIR, etc.), Freezers and Freeze
Dryers for this unique center. For further information,
contact BDCP Secretariat at 110 Aku Road, Nsukka, Enugu
State, Nigeria. Phone/Fax: (234) 42- 770724.
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