Asian Network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants (ANRAP)

ANRAP is a network of natural product scientists and participating laboratories working on or are planning to work on antidiabetic plant materials. Important laboratories include Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS), BCSIR and, Chemistry/ Pharmacy departments of Dhaka, Jahangirnagar, Chittagong, Kustia, Hajee Danesh Science & Technology and Rajshahi Universities and Hamdard Laboratories (waqf) Bangladesh; HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, Karachi University, Pakistan; Institute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia; National Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Sri Lanka; Tribhuvan University, Nepal, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines and Calcutta University, India. ANRAP is now expanding to include herbal medicine (HM) used for other diseases.