The present study is aimed at the development of phytochemical parameters and to investigate the medicinally active substances present in methanolic extract obtained from leaves of Asparagus racemosus plant. Preliminary phytochemical screening of the extracts revealed the presence of flavanoids, tannins, alkaloids, saponins and phenolic compounds.TLC is a technique with large applicability in t...

Asparagus racemosus (AR) is a herb used as a rasayana in Ayurveda and is considered both general and female reproductive tonic. Methanolic extract of A. racemosus roots (ARM; 100 mg/kg/day for 60 days) showed teratological disorders in terms of increased resorption of fetuses, gross malformations e.g. swelling in legs and intrauterine growth retardation with a small placental size in Charles Fo...

The herbal vendors are the mobile tribal medicinement seen on the busy streets of many Indian cities selling crude medicinal plants and their products. They prescribe herbal treatment for several diseases, a skill they inherited from their forefathers through several generations of experience. They claim to have specific herbal remedies for the complete cure of some urino - genital disorders su...

To develop an alternative method for production of sarsasapogenin by plant tissue culture technique and its quantification in Asparagus racemosus and its in vitro cultures using HPTLC. Murashige and Skoog’s (MS) basal medium supplemented with various growth regulators was used for development of shoot and root calli while, hormone free MS medium was used for development of Agrobacterium tumefac...

Four Bangladeshi medicinal plants Withania somnifera, Terminalia arjuna, Moringa olifera and Asparagus racemosus have been investigated for their in vitro thrombolytic and membrane stabilizing. Among the four plants, the methanol extract of W. somnifera exhibited highest thrombolytic activity with clot lysis value of 36.50%. Standard streptokinase and water were used as positive and negative co...