Therapeutic uses of withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) with a note on withanolides and its pharmacological actions

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Verma, Sitansu Kumar ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a  

^a MANGALAYATAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ashwagandha; Medicinal plants; Withania somnifera; Withanolides

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; NITRIC OXIDE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; WITHANOLIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER PREVENTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG USE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LEARNING DISORDER; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCER; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 80052895887     PISSN: 09742441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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