In the present study, the effect of four Vajikaran Rasayana herbs on penile erection, sperm count, seminal fructose content in vivo and nitric oxide (NO) release in vitro was assessed. Lyophilised aqueous extracts of Asparagus racemosus Willd. (AR), Chlorophytum borivilianum Sant. F. (CB), Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. (CO), and Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soo (DH) were orally administered a...

The present study highlights the importance of some medicinal plants in health care system Malayali tribal community Yercaud Hills, Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India. Ethnomedicinal information was collected from malayali tribes through personal interviews and group discussions with 8 randomly selected informants. Use value (UV), fidelity level (FL) Informant Consensus factor (ICF) were determi...

*Corresponding author: Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, BHU, Varanasi, India. Tel: 09415776906, 09415615185 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Foundation Project: Supported by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Human Resource Development Group, Pusa, New Delhi, for Surabhi Bajpai (Senior Research Fellowship, File No.9/1...

This study was designed to evaluate the ameliorating effects of curculigoside from Curculigo orchioides Gaertn on learning and memory in aged rats. In the present study, the ameliorating effects of curculigoside were determined through animal behaviour studies (including step-down test and Y-maze test), and the possible mechanisms were explored by evaluation of the activity of acetylcholinester...