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| Title: | Pharmacognostical studies on the root tubers of Asparagus gonoclados Baker –Alternate source for the Ayurvedic drug Shatavari |
| Authors: | Madhavan, V
Tijare, Ranajit Damodhar
Mythreyi, R
Gurudeva, M R
Yoganarasimhan, S N |
| Keywords: | Asparagus gonoclados
HPTLC
Pharmacognosy
Physico-chemical analysis
Root tubers
Shatavarin IV |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.8— A61K 36/00, A61K 36/8965, A61K 125/00 |
| Abstract: | Asparagus
gonoclados Baker is an important medicinal plant
belonging to the family Liliaceae (sensu
lato). Many species of Asparagus
Linn. including A. gonoclados are
used as substitute of the well known Ayurvedic drug, Shatavari. Root
tubers of Shatavari possesses
adaptogenic, antioxidant, cooling, emollient, diuretic, galactagogue, nervine
tonic, rejuvenating, and stomachic properties; they are useful in treatment of
diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, dyspepsia, epilepsy, fatigue,
inflammations, nervous disorders, tumours and tuberculosis. The present study
provides taxonomy of the species, pharmacognostical and physico-chemical
details of the root tubers of A.
gonoclados. This helps in
laying down standardisation and pharmacopoeial parameters. Presence of Shatavarin
IV in the alcohol and aqueous extracts is reported in this species for the
first time. |
| Page(s): | 57-62 |
| ISSN: | 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.1(1) [March 2010]
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