Medicine & Surgery
Asima Chatterjee: plant-drug chemistry
1940s-1970sAsima ChatterjeeUniversity of Calcutta researchBengal
1940
Chemistry of vinca alkaloids and development of the anti-epileptic Ayush-56 and anti-malarials from plants.
- Dated
- 1940–1970
- As scholars put it
- 1940s-1970s
- Originator
- Asima Chatterjee
- Source text
- University of Calcutta research
- Region
- Bengal
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Ayush-56's efficacy claims are modest.
Path to modern innovation
Pioneer of Indian phytochemistry.
Transmission
Done in India.
References
- 1INSA biographical memoirs
Further reading
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