Description

Red sanders wood is a precious crude drug in the ayurvedic system of treatment and being very hard and tough is very difficult to pulverize. Pulverizing by the conventional technologies leads to generation of very high temperature which in turn leads to high ash in the sanders wood powder. Due to high temperature other desirable drug properties and also lipid values get adversely affected. Besides powder so produced contains lot of impurities such as particles of sapwood, dilapidated parts of wood etc. Comparatively very high quality red sanders wood powder can now be produced under the new technology. Red sanders powder so produced will be rich in drug and colour values. The powder will be microfine and free from ash and other impurities. Red sanders wood powder is widely used for directly applying on face and skin to remove chicken pox marks, marks from burns, skin discolorations and pimples. It is also used to add in several drugs, processed foods, cosmetics and toiletries. The powder can be exported in large quantities as a value added item. The technology for microfine pulverizing of red sanders wood was developed with the support of DSIR under the ministry of science and technology. Later the development received national award.

Area of Application: Ayurvedic pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries.

Advantages: The new red sanders powder is microfine, pure and free from ash. It looks bright and maintains the original odor. It has high drug and colour values and hence much more acceptable in the domestic and export markets. As it is pure it finds more applications in the ayurvedic system of treatment.

For further information please contact :

Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology
APCTT Building
C-2 Qutab Institutional Area
P.O.Box - 4575
New Delhi - 110 016
Tel : 91-11-26966509
Fax : 91-11-26856276