Phytochemical and biological screening of root of Asparagus racemosus was studied. The brine shrimp bioassay of its various extracts showed that the methanol (MeOH) extract was biologically active. The column chromatography of hexane, acetone and methanol extracts resulted in the isolation of 9hexadecanoic acid-9-octadecenylester (Z,Z), β-Sitosterol, stigmasterol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and dio...

Asparagus racemosus Willd. (Family Asparagaceae; Liliaceae), is commonly known as Satavari. It is Medicinal plant contribute in human health care system. Asparagus racemosus is recommended in Ayurvedic texts for prevention and treatment of gastric ulcers, dyspepsia and as a galactotgogue. It is also used successfully for nervous disorders, inflammation, liver diseases and certain infectious dis...

Phytochemical constituents of Asparagus adscendens and Asparagus racemosus are being reported in the present communication. Two new sarsasapogenin glycosides have been isolated, one from each of the species. Structure elucidation of 1 and 10 has been accomplished through the extensive use of 1Dand 2D-NMR experiments including H-H (DQFCOSY), H-C (HMQC, HMBC) spectroscopy along with mass spectros...

Asparagus racemosus Willd. has repeatedly been mentioned as a galactogogue in Ayurvedic literature and has been confirmed through animal experiments as well. This randomized double-blind clinical trial evaluates its galactogogue effect in 60 lactating mothers by measurement of changes in their prolactin hormone level during the study. Several secondary parameters namely mothers' weight, babies'...

Asparagus racemosus roots have been shown to enhance insulin secretion in perfused pancreas and isolated islets. The present study investigated the effects of ethanol extracts of A. racemosus roots on glucose homeostasis in diabetic rats, together with the effects on insulin action in 3T3 adipocytes. When administered orally together with glucose, A. racemosus extract improved glucose tolerance...

Asparagus racemosus extract increases the life span in Drosophila melanogaster K. V. Kiran Kumar, S. Prasanna, J. Ashadevi

Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease, characterized by increased porosity of the skeleton resulting from reduced bone mass, the associated structural changes predispose the bone to fracture. The drug discovery process in this direction is very attractive, because of non-availability of suitable, safe and effective means for the management of this condition. The objective of the study was to...

Article history: Received on: 31/07/2015 Revised on: 11/08/2015 Accepted on: 20/08/2015 Available online: 24/08/2015 Free radicals and oxidative stress are recognized as important factors in the biology of aging as well as in many age-related diseases. Dietary antioxidant plays a potential role in the reduction of age-related diseases. Many medicinal plants are rich source of antioxidants and p...

In recent years frequent outbreaks of poultry diseases have caused significant economic losses, resulting in set back to poultry production. There are several causes including poor quality of inputs such as stocks, feeds and drugs, other contributory factors Viz., management lapses and medication. The end result is the disturbance in birds natural immunity. There are certain medicinal plants, w...

Asparagus racemosus is an herbaceous perennial plant. It is the most important rasayana herb in Ayurvedic medicine which grows in low forest areas throughout India. Their medicinal usages have been reported in indigenous systems of medicine, Indian and British Pharmacopoeias. In Ayurveda, A. racemosus has been used extensively as an adaptogen to increase the non-specific resistance of organisms...