objective: oxygen free radicals may be implicated in the pathogenesis of ischemia reperfusion damage. the beneficial effects of antioxidant nutrients, as well as complex plant extracts, on cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injuries are well known. this study was conducted to determine the effects of the hydro-alcoholic root extract of withania coagulans on ca1 hippocampus oxidative damages followin...

abstract  introduction: hyperalgesia is considered as one the marked signs of subchronic diabetes mellitus that could affect the life style of the patients. with c onsidering the potential anti-diabetic effect of the medicinal plant withania somnifera (ws)( ashwagandha), this study was designed to investigate the analgesic effect of ws on formalin-induced nociceptive responses (standard formali...

background: glycowithanolides (withaferin a), is one of the main withanolides active principle isolated from plant withania somnifera and is claimed that it possess the aphrodisiac, sedative, rejuvenate and life prolonging properties. objective: in the present investigation, antioxidant activity of active principles of withania somnifera was tested against d-galactose induced oxidative stress i...

this study was carried out to investigate the effects of 1, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1, 25 (oh)2 d3) and root hydroalcoholic extract of withania somnifera (ws) root on performance, mineral retention, bone mineralisation and mechanical characteristics of broiler chicks. treatments were arranged factorially (2×3×2) consisted of a positive control with adequate ca and a negative control diet (...

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera Dunal., Solanaceae) is one of the most reputed medicinal plants of Ayurveda, the traditional medical system. Several of its traditionally proclaimed medicinal properties have been corroborated by recent molecular pharmacological investigations and have been shown to be associated with its specific secondary metabolites known as withanolides, the novel group of er...

Clinical efficacy and safety of a herbomineral drug containing withania somnifera Asparagus racemosus glycyrrhiza glabra, mucuna pruriens, Myristica fragrans, Anauchus pyrethrum, Ipomoea digitata, sida cordifolia, zine ash complex and high energy carbohydrate molecules were evaluated in an open study. All patients treated with the drug reported good improvement in the various symptomatology of ...