Centre for Ayurveda BiologyJawaharlal Nehru University

Est. — JNU School of Life Sciences

Bridging traditional wisdom with molecular biology.

The Centre for Ayurveda Biology studies medicinal plants, their phytochemistry, and their mechanisms — reading classical Ayurvedic properties alongside modern biological evidence, not in place of it.

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Research Areas

Medicinal Plant Biology

Taxonomy, cultivation, and biology of medicinally significant plant species.

Molecular Ayurveda

Mapping classical Ayurvedic concepts (rasa, guna, virya, vipaka) against measurable molecular and physiological effects.

Natural Product Discovery

Isolation and characterization of bioactive phytochemicals from traditional plant sources.

Ayurveda and Microbiology

Antimicrobial and antimicrobial-resistance-related activity of plant-derived compounds.

Yoga and Neuroscience

Physiological and neuroendocrine research on yogic and meditative practice.

Integrative Medicine

Combining Ayurvedic and biomedical frameworks in disease management research.

Computational Ayurveda

Bioinformatics and computational approaches to plant-compound-target relationships.

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