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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