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Quest for diabetic drugs from medicinal plant

High dose of insulin leads to hypertension
About 80 scientists of different disciplines from home and abroad met In a regional workshop here Saturday to exchange experiences and views in their quest for discovering a proper drug from medicinal plants for treatment of diabetes, reports BSS
The workshop brought together the researchers from Sweden. China. The Philippines. Thailand. Sri Lanka. India. Nepal and Bangladesh who were working in Isolation to explore new sources of antidiabetic agents tn plants
Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation In Diabetes. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders ( BIRDEM) and department of Chemistry of Dhaka University organised the three-day workshop at the BIRDEM premises.
Jointly sponsored by International Programme tn the Chemical Sciences ( IPlCs). Uppsala University. Sweden and Internationa) Foundation for Science ( IFS) . Stockholm. Sweden the workshop progra mmes consists of scientific deliberations and laboratory works at BIRDEM.
Inaugurating the workshop as the chief guest Health and Family Welfare Minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf expressed the confidence that the scientists gathered here would be able to find out ways on how to use medicinal plants tn he treatment of diabetes.
Lauding the individual efficiency and brilliant qualities of the physicians in Bangladesh the minister said in most cases they tailed in collective efforts in properly running a hospital or a medical Institute. He said this was due to lack of commitment of the persons involved.
The Inaugural sessioii was also addressed by IPICs Direc tor Prof Rune Minings Scien tific Secretary of IFS Dr Lennart Prage Diabetic Asao elation President Ahungir. M A Kabir BIRDEM Research and Development Director Prof A K Azad Khan, and Secretary of the Workshop Organising Co mmlttee Dr Uaquat Alt
Chairman of the Worksho] Organising Committee Prof M Mosthuzzama presided
Prof Azad Khan said taking of insulin was not the only an swer to the treatment of diabetes as In many cases insulin proved inefficient and high dose of Insulin lead to hypertension.
He said plant could be a good potential source for dis betlc drugs and the scientists had the legacy to research Into iL
He said the problems of investigating the plants were very complicated and the scientists at BIRDEM were trying to isolate the Individual active compounds In a plant as well as studying the whole of it In finding the proper drug for treatment of diabetes.
Alamgir M A Kabir said BIRDEM had taken up very seriously the research for plant-based drug of diabetes treatment and hinted that such drug for common use may be developed soon
Dr Lennart Prage said lot of research could be done to Im ptwr the efficacy of the pre paraUons of traditional medl ■ Ines from plants. He said the < herniate working In this field were very good. But very lew people were working Io complement the works of the chemists by doing basic research
Prof Rune Ltminga said the idea of the workshop was to bring more scientists of the region under the programme of finding n red k Inal plants In the treatment of diabetes and develop science through coop eration, lie also slated how scientific cooperation had been developed between Upp sala University. Dhaka University and BIRDEM.
The inaugural session was followed by a scientific session chaired by Prof Bo Hellman of Uppsala University. After the lunch break Saturday the scientists participated in laboratory works till evening.