It is a erect, tomentose, perennial shrub, which comes up during rainy seasons, and attains an height of 30—150 cm. However, as an undershrub it remains evergreen for several years. It occurs throughout the drier and sub-tropical parts of India in waste
Withania somnifera,known as ashwagandha/Winter cherry/ Indian ginseng,widely used in the Ayurvedic medicine,belongs to the family of Solanaceae. Leaves( fruits) seeds, shoots and roots of this plant have all been used traditionally as well9.The roots of Withania somnifera contained 35 chemical cons...
Withania somnifera also known as Ashwagandha, has been an important herb in the ayurvedic and indigenous medical systems. The present study was designed to evaluate the antioxidant and antibacterial activity of aqueous root extract of W. somnifera against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (...
somnifera (W) (20 g) alone and in dual herbal combination involving three different ratios 4:1, 1:1, and 1:4 with P. emblica (W:P), B. monnieri (W:B), T. sinensis (W:T), O. basilicum (W:O), A. racemosus (W:A) (16:4 g, 10:10 g, 4:16 g) respectively were taken...
The total alkaloidal content of Indian roots has been reported to vary between 0.13 and 0.31%.Barche SKirad S KA K Sharma
A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial on the effect of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera dunal.) root extract in improving cardiorespiratory endurance and recovery in healthy athletic adults J Ethnopharmacol, 272 (2021), Article 113929, 10.1016/j.jep.2021.113929 View PDFView articleView in...
natural products have been the most successful source for the development of new medications.Withania somnifera, also known as Ashwagandha, is the utmost treasured medicinal plant used in Ayurveda, which holds the potential to give adaptogenic, immunomodulatory, and antiviral effects. However, its effec...
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (Solanaceae) commonly known as ashwagandha, is an important plant in Ayurveda and is believed to increase longevity and vitality. The root is considered to be the medici...
PDF (187 K) Anti-granuloma activity of Iraqi Withania somnifera 1992, Journal of Ethnopharmacology more Muhaned K. Al-Hindawi, Saadia H. Al-Khafaji, May H. Abdul-Nabi Anti-granuloma activity of Iraqi Withania somnifera Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 37, Issue 2, September 1992, Pages 113...
in W. somnifera. 2. Materials and methods 2.1. Establishment of hairy root culture Hairy root culture has developed by our previous reports (Sivanandhan et al., 2013a, 2014). The leaf (length: 15e30 mm and width: 20e25 mm at the broadest) explants from 45-day-old ...