objective: ipomoea mauritiana is used in both ayurveda and folk medicine systems. the tuberous roots are known to be diuretic, depurative, carminative, and anthelmintic. the objective of the current study was to identify phenolic antioxidants from i. mauritiana using spectrophotometric and lc-ms analysis. materials and methods: an activity-guided fractionation and purification process was used t...

Vidari is an Ayurvedic herbal drug used as aphrodisiac, galactagogue and is also used in the preparation of Chyavanaprash. Tubers of Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. (Convolvulaceae), Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC (Fabaceae), Adenia hondala (Gaertn.) de Wilde (Passifloraceae) and pith of Cycas circinalis L. (Cycadaceae) are all traded in the name of Vidari, creating issues of botanical authent...

Description of the root of the plant, Zizyphus mauritiana Linn. the microscopical characters of the powdered root, its behavior on treatment with different chemical reagents, and the fluorescence character under ultraviolet light after treatment were studied to fix some pharmacognostical parameters. Preliminary phytochemical screening on the various extracts of the root of the plant was also pe...

OBJECTIVE Ipomoea mauritiana is used in both Ayurveda and folk medicine systems. The tuberous roots are known to be diuretic, depurative, carminative, and anthelmintic. The objective of the current study was to identify phenolic antioxidants from I . mauritiana using spectrophotometric and LC-MS analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS An activity-guided fractionation and purification process was used ...

Objective: Ipomoea mauritiana is used in both Ayurveda and folk medicine systems. The tuberous roots are known to be diuretic, depurative, carminative, and anthelmintic. The objective of the current study was to identify phenolic antioxidants from I. mauritiana using spectrophotometric and LC-MS analysis. Materials and Methods: An activity-guided fractionation and purification process was used t...

Freeze dried powdered leaves of Cymbopogum citratus (DC) Stapf, Cinnamomum camphor a (L.) Nee & Eberm Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. famarandus indicus L., Lantana camara L., Myroxylon balsumum (L.) Harm, Citrus aurantium L. and vitex altisima L. were tested against Callosobruchus maculatus under nochoice and choice situations. Under no-choice situation, V. altisima at the rate of 5.0% w/w was highly...

‘Vidari’ is an Ayurvedic herbal drug used as aphrodisiac and galactagogue. It is also used in the preparation of Chyavanaprash, an Ayurvedic Nutraceutical. Ayurvedic Pharmacopeia of India correlates tubers of Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC (Fabaceae) as ‘Vidari’ and Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. (Convolvulaceae) as Kshiravidari, used as a substitute for Vidari in some parts of India. Tubers ...