Withania somnifera as an antistress herb

Withania Somnifera (ashwagandha)—an Important Medicinal Plant

Of withania somnifera pdf

Gate the properties of ashwagandha in an attempt to authenticate its use as a.Asgand consists of the roots of Withania somnifera which has various therapeutic actions such as. Withania somnifera Dunal belongs to the family solanaceae.Withania somnifera is a medicinal plant extends over a large area, from the.

Immunomodulatory activity of Withania somnifera.

Administration of an extract from the powdered root of the plant Withania somnifera was found to stimulate immunological activity in Babl/c mice. Treatment with five doses of Withania root extract (20 mg/dose/animal; i.p.) was found to enhance the total WBC count (17125 cells/mm(3)) on 10th day. Bone marrow cellularity (27x10(6) cells/femur) as well as alpha-esterase positive cell number (1800/...

Withania somnifera: A Rejuvenating Ayurvedic Medicinal Herb for the Treatment of various Human ailments

India is one of the 12 mega-diversity countries. It is estimated that around 70,000 plant species, approximately 7500 species have been recorded to have medicinal value. The 300 species are used by 7800 medicinal drug manufacturing units in India, which consume about 2000 tons of herbs annually. There are estimated to be more than 717,319 registered practitioners of ayurveda, siddha, unani and ...

Meiotic Studies in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal.: A Threatened Medicinal Herb of Indian Thar Desert

Withania somnifera recently categorized as threatened plant of Rajasthan and known for its high medicinal value has been studied for existing genetic variations in four accessions collected from four different locations. From the present studies it is apparent that the gametic number of W. somnifera is n = 24 and 2n = 48. From the combined information generated by present author and earlier wor...