Review: Therapeutic Use of Withania somnifera (L). Dunal for Human Felicity
- September 11, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Agriculture, IJRSI
International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue VIII, August 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705
Review: Therapeutic Use of Withania somnifera (L). Dunal for Human Felicity
Dr. Priyanka Gupta
Department of Agriculture, Akal Degree College, Mastuana Sahib, Sangrur-148001, India
Affiliated to Punjabi University
Abstract: Withania somnifera L. (Ashwagandha) pertain to the Solanaceae family. Withania somnifera is generally used in Unani and Ayurvedic system. It is also called winter cherry, Ajagandha, Kanaje, Amukkara and Indian Ginseng. This type of medicinal plant is used in many purposes of diseases in human being. This type of medicinal plant is generally used in anxiety, chronic disease such as stress, Intergrative oncology, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson disease. It is also used in many purposes such as antibacterial purposes, aphrodisiac, hepatoprotective, immune modulator, anticonvulsant, antistress, antioxidant and anticancer purposes and has adaptogenic activity. In this review, we study about the phytochemical and pharmacological studies these bioactive phytochemicals used in therapeutic use in Human health.
Keywords: Withania somnifera, immune modulator, aphrodisiac, hepatoprotective
I. INTRODUCTION
Withania somniferous L. is an evergreen, greyish shurb. It is mostly found in Middle East area of India and some parts of Africa. It is also widely cultivated in Srilanka, Afghanistan. (Chopra etal., 1980; Dey etal., 1973, Dymock etal., 1976; Kritikar etal., 1980, Anonymous, 2007). There are twenty nine metabolites derived from this shurb (Mirjalil, MH; Moyano E.,2009;Rai, M; Jogee PS,2016).This type of medicinal plant used in various diseases such as it act as antiinflammatorypurposes,antiepileptic,antidiabetic,antioxidant,antidepressant,anticoagulant,antipyretic, it also act as analgesic and has many growth promoting factors also(Subbaraju GV etal.,2016).
This type of shrub is woody and small in size about 30-150 cm in height. Its leaves are oval, simple and up to 10 cm long. Its flowers are small and greenish in colour. Its fruits are 6mm in diameter and orange red in colour.
II. MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
There are many medicinal properties of different parts of plant. Such as:-
