The Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Production Technologies of the International Scientific and Technological Park of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan conducts research in the field of obtaining various medicines by collecting bio active substances from local raw materials, medicinal plants and minerals and using them on a base of innovative technologies.
Scientists of the laboratory uses the encyclopedic work of the National Leader of the Turkmen nation Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s book "Medicinal plants of Turkmenistan" as a reference guide, which contains valuable scientific information about the medicinal properties of various plants and the experience of their use in traditional medicine.
For several years the young scientist Berdi Berdiev has been studying the possibilities to develop medical preparations that based on gypsum wormwood, which is dominates at the Kopetdag’s plant cover, and already received recognition for the practical results of his research. This plant, which is one of the local endemics, has a high concentration of biologically active substances and antioxidant properties, which make it possible to get effective antifungal and anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical forms. On the basis of the studying the healing properties and extraction of the relevant substances, young scientists developed technological stages for the preparation of soft gelatin capsules, which is used for medicinal purposes.
Soft gelatin capsules have unique biopharmaceutical properties: accuracy of drug dosing, high bioavailability (in comparison with pills, the effect appears after 5-10 minutes), are distinguished by such properties as protection against external influences, the ability to adjust their organoleptic components, aesthetic type and comfortable usage. As a result of preliminary tests that conducts in accordance with the requirements for the soft gelatin capsules of essential oil prepared in laboratory conditions, Berdi Berdiev and his co-authors were granted a limited patent for invention No. 971, registered in the state register in early October 2024 by the State Intellectual Property Service of the Ministry of Finance of Turkmenistan.
