Curculigo orchioides is most commonly used as an imperative medicinal plant in Vietnam. The roots are mainly to treat sexual dysfunction, back pain, arthritis, nephritis, jaundice, and infertility. Given the high market demand herbal market, C. traders adulterate with other similar plants for illegitimate benefits. Maturase K (matK) ribulose 1,5-biphosphate carboxylase (rbcL) DNA barcode loci p...

An efficient method has been developed for large-scale multiplication of Curculigo orchioides (Hypoxidaceae), an endangered medicinal plant, through direct bulbil formation from leaf explants in shake flask cultures. Leaf-segments (7 x 10 mm) were cultured in B5 liquid medium containing KNO3 (200 mgNL-1), (NH4)2SO4 (50 mgNL-1), benzyl adenosine (2.2 microM), adenine (0.11 mM), indole butyric ac...

A scientific evaluation of herbs or medicinal plants according to their ethnopharmacological or traditional methods of use in various diseases management can incorporate them into the complementary and alternative medicine. Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. (Hypoxidaceae) is a perennial herb with long cylindrical rhizomes, distributed throughout India, especially in north hillside region, as well as...

the effects of hydroalcoholic extract (he) of curculigo orchioides gaertn. rhizome (hypoxidaceae) and its alkaloidal and non-alkaloidal fractions (af) and (naf) were evaluated in carrageenan-induced paw edema experimental models of inflammation. the oral administration of he, their af and naf fractions were used at doses of 100, 300 and 500 mg/kg. the effect produced by the he, af and naf fract...

The worldwide increase of multidrug resistance in both community- and health-care associated bacterial infections has impaired the current antimicrobial therapy, warranting the search for other alternatives. We aimed to find the in vitro antibacterial activity of ethanolic extracts of 16 different traditionally used medicinal plants of Nepal against 13 clinical and 2 reference bacterial species...

Curculiginis Rhizoma (Curculigo orchioides GAERTN.) is a well-known Chinese herbal medicine, as well as an important Rasayana drug in India. Current criteria of quality control on this herb are to quantitatively analyze single compound curculigoside, which fail to comprehensively evaluate quality of this herb. In this paper, a simple and reliable HPLC coupled with diode array detector (DAD) met...

im of the study: Rasayan drugs act inside the human body by modulating the neuro-endocrino-immune system. Vaajikaran rasayan is the special ategory of rasayan which investigate the reproductive system and enhance sexual function. Curculigo orchioides, Astercantha longifolia and ucuna pruriens are well known vajikaran rasayan herbs. The effect on sexual behaviour and reproductive parameters are ...

The roots of Asparagus racemosus, Chlorophytum borivilianum, and rhizomes of Curculigo orchioides are popular for their aphrodisiac and immunostimulatory properties. The herbs have been traditionally used as Vajikaran Rasayana herbs because of their putative positive influence on sexual performance in humans. Lyophilized aqueous extracts obtained from the roots of A. racemosus, C. borivilianum,...

Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. (Hypoxidaceae) is popularly known as black musali in India. The rhizome as well as tuberous roots of the plant has been extensively used in indigenous system of medicine in India, Pakistan and China, for the treatment of various diseases including jaundice, asthma and diarthrosis. The juice extracted from the rhizome has also been used as a tonic to overcome impoten...