Steroidal Lactones from Withania somnifera, an Ancient Plant for Novel Medicine

MH Mirjalili, E Moyano, M Bonfill, RM Cusido… - Molecules, 2009 - mdpi.com
Withania somnifera, commonly known as Ashwagandha, is an important medicinal plant that
has been used in Ayurvedic and indigenous medicine for over 3,000 years. In view of its …

Medicinally important aromatic plants with radioprotective activity

RM Samarth, M Samarth, Y Matsumoto - Future science OA, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Aromatic plants are often used as natural medicines because of their remedial and inherent
pharmacological properties. Looking into natural resources, particularly products of plant …

Zinc status and serum testosterone levels of healthy adults

AS Prasad, CS Mantzoros, FWJ Beck, JW Hess… - Nutrition, 1996 - Elsevier
Zinc deficiency is prevalent throughout the world, including the USA. Severe and moderate
deficiency of zinc is associated with hypogonadism in men. However, the effect of marginal …

Withania somnifera Improves Semen Quality in Stress‐Related Male Fertility

AA Mahdi, KK Shukla, MK Ahmad… - Evidence‐Based …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Stress has been reported to be a causative factor for male infertility. Withania somnifera has
been documented in Ayurveda and Unani medicine system for its stress‐combating …

Establishment of cell suspension cultures of Withania somnifera for the production of withanolide A

P Nagella, HN Murthy - Bioresource Technology, 2010 - Elsevier
Cell suspension cultures of Withania somnifera were established in shake flasks and the
effect of different growth regulators (auxins, combination of auxin and cytokinin), inoculum …

Metabolomics of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: Advances and applications

SD Tetali, S Acharya, AB Ankari, V Nanakram… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Withania somnifera L.(Solanaceae), commonly known as
Ashwagandha or Indian ginseng, is used in Ayurveda (Indian system of traditional medicine) …

Over‐expression of DXS gene enhances terpenoidal secondary metabolite accumulation in rose‐scented geranium and Withania somnifera: active involvement of …

JS Jadaun, NS Sangwan, LK Narnoliya… - Physiologia …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rose‐scented geranium (Pelargonium spp.) is one of the most important aromatic plants
and is well known for its diverse perfumery uses. Its economic importance is due to presence …

[PDF][PDF] Phytochemistry, pharmacology, and biotechnology of Withania somnifera and Withania coagulans: A review

R Jain, S Kachhwaha… - Journal of Medicinal Plants …, 2012 - academicjournals.org
The genus Withania (Family: Solanaceae) is a highly acclaimed genus of medicinal plants in
the Indian Ayurvedic system of medicine because of its valuable pharmaceutical and …

A Decade of Molecular Understanding of Withanolide Biosynthesis and In vitro Studies in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: Prospects and Perspectives for Pathway …

N Dhar, S Razdan, S Rana, WW Bhat… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Withania somnifera, a multipurpose medicinal plant is a rich reservoir of pharmaceutically
active triterpenoids that are steroidal lactones known as withanolides. Though the plant has …

Effect of cadmium stress on inductive enzymatic and nonenzymatic responses of ROS and sugar metabolism in multiple shoot cultures of Ashwagandha (Withania …

B Mishra, RS Sangwan, S Mishra, JS Jadaun, F Sabir… - Protoplasma, 2014 - Springer
Withania somnifera is one of the most important medicinal plant and is credited with various
pharmacological activities. In this study, in vitro multiple shoot cultures were exposed to …