Processing Plant for Wild Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Project Report – Herbal Processing Plant Sector: Forest, Environment and Herbal Project Title: Processing Plant for Wild Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Project Description Associated side effects and high cost of allopathic medicines are key reasons, herbal medications are being increasingly preferred over their synthetic counterpart. Around the world herbal industry is growing faster than the traditional pharmaceutical industry. India has a thriving herbal industry and there is a high potential for Indian herbal medicines and Ayurvedic formulations in the international market.
Madhya Pradesh (MP) is the forest capital of India with a rich base of Medicinal and Aromatic plants (MAPs) and wild flora with potential medicinal properties. To leverage the State’s inherent treasure, the Government of Madhya Pradesh proposes to establish a high-end herbal processing plant. Equipped with Stateof-the-art facilities, it would employ modern processing technology for collection, drying, extraction, formulation, preservation and storage of the herbs and other active principals from MAPs.
The plant would be set up on 2 acres of land and apart from the basic processing of raw herbs would have following specialized functional units: 1. Extraction unit for Neem and other non-volatile oils 2. Aloe Vera gel and powder unit 3. Volatile oil extraction unit 4. Herbal extraction plant
The facility would be a cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) compliant processing unit. The quality control laboratory of the plant would facilitate standardization of active ingredients and formulations and would monitor their compliance with stringent international quality, efficacy and potency standards imperative for exports. The key Target Markets would be: 1. Domestic herbal formulation industry 2. Herbal cosmetics industry 3. Exports
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Project Report – Herbal Processing Plant Project Rationale The inherent herbal treasure of Madhya Pradesh provides ample opportunities to
Madhya Pradesh (MP) is the forest capital of India with a rich base of Medicinal and Aromatic plants (MAPs) and wild flora with potential medicinal properties. To leverage the State’s inherent treasure, the Government of Madhya Pradesh proposes to establish a high-end herbal processing plant. Equipped with Stateof-the-art facilities, it would employ modern processing technology for collection, drying, extraction, formulation, preservation and storage of the herbs and other active principals from MAPs.
The plant would be set up on 2 acres of land and apart from the basic processing of raw herbs would have following specialized functional units: 1. Extraction unit for Neem and other non-volatile oils 2. Aloe Vera gel and powder unit 3. Volatile oil extraction unit 4. Herbal extraction plant
The facility would be a cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) compliant processing unit. The quality control laboratory of the plant would facilitate standardization of active ingredients and formulations and would monitor their compliance with stringent international quality, efficacy and potency standards imperative for exports. The key Target Markets would be: 1. Domestic herbal formulation industry 2. Herbal cosmetics industry 3. Exports
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Project Report – Herbal Processing Plant Project Rationale The inherent herbal treasure of Madhya Pradesh provides ample opportunities to