IIT Guwahati develops low-cost technology to produce psychoactive drugs from agricultural resources

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The technology is patented and developed by Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Head, Centre for the Environment, and Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati along with his M Tech student Mr V L Dhadge. The low-cost technology doesn’t use any organic solvents.

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