Thirty two apparently healthy local non descript cows were experimentally divided into two groups viz. treatment and control group having 16 animals each. The animals under treatment group were fed dried stem powder of Tinospora cordifolia (100 mg/ kg BW) by mixing it in concentrate mixture for a period of 5 days. The control group animals were fed equal amount of the basal concentrate mixture ...

OBJECTIVE To optimize the conditions for the extraction of alkaloid palmatine from Tinospora cordifolia by using response surface methodology (RSM) and study its anticancerous property against 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) induced skin carcinogenesis in Swiss albino mice. METHODS The effect of three independent variables, namely, extraction temperature, time, and cycles was investigat...

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing is an important enterprise and oral tablet manufacturing is the most significant of all, because more drugs are made as tablets than any other dosage form. The way of tablet manufacturing has been undergoing change in recent years and is likely to head in new directions. In this study Tinospora cordifolia (guduchi) a freely available, a climbing shrub belonging to t...

Plants are the sources of many bioactive compounds containing many primary metabolites like, carbohydrates (starch, sugar), proteins, phenols, ascorbic acid etc. are useful for flavoring, fragrances, insecticides, sweeteners and natural dyes (Kaufman). During the present research work, root, stem, leaf and calli of the plant were evaluated quantitatively for the analysis of chlorophyll, sugars,...

Antioxidants have reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging ability with great relevance in the prevention of oxidative stress. The present study aimed to examine the antioxidant and ROS scavenging activities of 70% methanolic extract of Tinospora cordifolia. The plant was found a significant source of carbohydrate, alkaloid, ascorbic acid, tannin, phenolic and flavonoid compound. The extract wa...

Tinospora cordifolia (Guduchi or Amrita) is an important drug of Ayurvedic System of Medicine and found mention in various classical texts for the treatment of diseases such as jaundice, fever, diabetes and skin disease etc. In present times, this drug has been subjected for numerous chemicals, pharmacological, pre-clinical and clinical investigations and many new therapeutic applications have ...