Dedicated to demand-driven research and natural products, The Herbal Technology Division (HTD) of ITI spearheads the development of herbal and biotechnology related services. Formerly known as the Natural Products Development Group, the HTD is one of the oldest natural product research groups in the country.
Serving both industry and the public at large, the HTD has pioneered many important projects, such as essential oil research, including the compositional analysis of oils such as Cinnamon, Clove and Nutmeg.
The other major areas of research handled by the HTD are as follows.
- Aromatic and Medicinal plants for biomedical, agricultural and industrial applications.
- Microbial and Plant based Bio-pesticides.
- Plant based insect pheromones.
- Nutraceuticals / Cosmaceuticals.
- Tissue culture of medicinal, ornamental and aquatic plants.
- Cultivation and propagation techniques of Medicinal Plants.
- Economic utilization of under utilized crops, traditional processes and traditional green technologies.
- Quality control and standardization of medicinal plant based products.
