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Use of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) in alternative systems of medicine in India [1]

The activists opposing the commercialization of Bt brinjal have asserted that Bt brinjal would seriously affect the use of brinjal in the Alternative and Complementary Systems of Medicine (ACSM) in India, through ‘loss of synergy’. The then Minister for Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India (GoI), repeatedly echoed this view. While there was no appropriate and substantial documentation to justify this highly sensationalized claim in the MoEF’s Bt brinjal moratorium document (MD) of February 9, 2010 or elsewhere, the much repeated high decibel noise has clouded public mind and it became necessary to clarify on the issue in detail.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
C Kameswara Rao [2]
Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education [3]
Tags:
Brinjal [4], Medicinal Plants [5], Bt Brinjal [6], Medical Systems [7], Ayurveda [8], Siddha [9], Unani [10], Homeopathy [11], India [12]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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