CENTRES

Medicinal Plants, Drugs and Scientific Research Centre

Purpose of the Centre:

To promote scientific research studies of lecturers or public and private organizations, to conduct any kind of scientific studies and trainings.

Activity Areas of the Centre:

To improve, formulate and to run quality control on any kinds of pharmaceutic, cosmetic and other industrial raw materials or products of natural or synthetic origin, to perform biological, toxicological, pharmacological, and clinical evaluations along with study and research on bio-availability and bio-equivalence, or to have the activities mentioned accomplished,
To establish the necessary laboratories and production facilities in order to examine natural and synthetic drugs and cosmetics as well as medical and aromatic herbal products biologically, chemically, pharmacologically, technologically, biotechnologically and industrially,
To offer modern services for access to information by means of communication nets and databases,
To hold conferences, seminars, trainings, exhibitions, symposiums and education programmes,
To preside over scientific research studies on the present wealth of flora and biological diversity so as to take inventory of them, protect them and to introduce them into economy by making use of them efficiently, to contribute to raising awareness of protection of biological environment in the country,
To assist studies on production of medical and aromatic plants with industrial potential,
To do studies on production, standardisation, and quality control of preparations of natural or synthetic origin,
To carry out research studies, to bring forward scientific suggestions, to provide consultancy on technology choice and production so as to minimise dependence on foreign countries in production of natural, synthetic or semi-synthetic raw materials, intermediates or products required in chemistry sector and medicine, cosmetics, essential oil, food, paint, fragrance and flavour industries,
To satisfy the need for analysis in scientific studies of lecturers and other organisations,
Instead of keeping the devices, which both applied and basic sciences benefit from and which require usage expertise, separately in the units, to gather and put them into service of researchers.