Growth trial of thirteen weeks’ duration was carried out on 24 pigs (2 months age; 12.5 kg b. wt.) which were divided into four groups of 6 pigs each and were fed with control diet concentrated feed mixture (CFM) (T0), CFM plus polyherbal superliv (500 g/ton) (T1), CFM plus polyherbal Ruchamax (500g/ton) (T2) and CFM plus AV/AGP/10 polyherbal (500g/ton) (T3). The dry mater intake (DMI) (g/d) in...

BACKGROUND Polyherbal medicines are used for the treatment of many diseases in many African and Asian communities. With the increasing use of these remedies, several investigations have shown that they are associated with a broad variety of residues and contaminants. This study investigates the presence of bacteria in the polyherbal medicines used for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in the E...

A comparison was made between the antidiabetic activities of five different marketed polyherbal formulations in alloxan induced diabetic rats. Serum glucose and other biochemical parameters i.e. total protein, triglyceride and cholesterol were determined at the dose 800 mg/kg body weight, p.o. for 30 days. There is a significant increase in serum glucose (p<0.001) and improvement in the other b...

In the present study three medicinal plants Vitex negundo Linn (Verbenaceae), Bryophyllum pinnatum Linn (Crassulaceae) and Centella asiatica (Umbelliferae) reported to have significant analgesic potential were selected to be formulated as polyherbal gels with and without permeation enhancers and were investigated for their antinociceptive potential. The dried finely ground herbs were extracted ...

Polyherbal preparations are well known in certain Indian communities for malaria prophylaxis. However, quality control and quality assurance of these formulations still remain as challenges because of the high variability in combination of herbs and their phytochemical compositions. Quality control is an essential operation of the pharmaceutical process to ensure the quality herbal formulation ...

OBJECTIVE The present study was undertaken to evaluate the antinociceptive effects of an ayurvedic polyherbal formulation in rats and mice employing the tail immersion test and acetic acid-induced writhing test, respectively. MATERIALS AND METHODS With the tail immersion method, rats received two different doses (270 and 405 mg/kg BW, p.o.) of a formulation, pethidine (5.4 mg/kg BW, p.o.) as ...

The main objective of the present investigation is to explore polyherbal containing Centella asiatica, Glycerrhiza glabra, Gymnosporia montana and Cow urine for its neuroleptic properties, using the tail suspension test (TST), light dark test (LDM) and elevated plus maze (EPM) test on mice. Pharmacognostic and pharmacological study of aerial part of Centella asiatica, root of Glycerrhiza glabra...

The present study was done to evaluate the antiurolithiatic effect of a polyherbal formulation on glycolic acid-induced urolithiasis in rats. Oxalate urolithiasis was produced by the addition of 3% glycolic acid to the diet for a period for 42 days. In this study the level of oxalate, calcium and phosphorus was significantly increased whereas the level of sodium and potassium was significantly ...

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, systemic autoimmune disease characterized by pain, swelling and stiffness. Allopathic medications have been prescribed to alleviate symptoms of this disease that results into associated side effects like gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular risks, immunodeficiency, hepatotoxicity and renal toxicity. The use of herbal medicine is becoming po...

The nitric oxide (NO) scavenging activities of traditional polyherbal drugs like abana, chyavanaprasha, geriforte, septilin, mentat and triphala were examined using sodium nitroprusside as a NO donor in vitro. All the drugs tested demonstrated direct scavenging of NO and were superior to Gingko biloba, which was used as a positive control. The extracts of various polyherbal drugs exhibited dose...