EFFECT OF SHODHANA ON THE TOXICITY OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS

Seeds of Gunja (Abrus precatorius Linn) are reported to be poisonous due to the presence of a toxic protein ‘abrin and an alkaloid hypaphorine. Te seeds after subjecting to the process of shodhana, find use in a number of Ayurvedic preparations. HPLC studies revealed that the process of shodhana res...

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Autores principales: Singh, Gautam Dav Nath, Banerji, R., Mahrotra, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556879
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description Seeds of Gunja (Abrus precatorius Linn) are reported to be poisonous due to the presence of a toxic protein ‘abrin and an alkaloid hypaphorine. Te seeds after subjecting to the process of shodhana, find use in a number of Ayurvedic preparations. HPLC studies revealed that the process of shodhana resulted in depletion of more toxic alkaloid hypaphorine and protein abrin.
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spelling pubmed-33310802012-04-27 EFFECT OF SHODHANA ON THE TOXICITY OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS Singh, Gautam Dav Nath Banerji, R. Mahrotra, S. Anc Sci Life Original Article Seeds of Gunja (Abrus precatorius Linn) are reported to be poisonous due to the presence of a toxic protein ‘abrin and an alkaloid hypaphorine. Te seeds after subjecting to the process of shodhana, find use in a number of Ayurvedic preparations. HPLC studies revealed that the process of shodhana resulted in depletion of more toxic alkaloid hypaphorine and protein abrin. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1998 /pmc/articles/PMC3331080/ /pubmed/22556879 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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EFFECT OF SHODHANA ON THE TOXICITY OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS
title EFFECT OF SHODHANA ON THE TOXICITY OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS
title_full EFFECT OF SHODHANA ON THE TOXICITY OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS
title_fullStr EFFECT OF SHODHANA ON THE TOXICITY OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS
title_full_unstemmed EFFECT OF SHODHANA ON THE TOXICITY OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS
title_short EFFECT OF SHODHANA ON THE TOXICITY OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS
title_sort effect of shodhana on the toxicity of abrus precatorius
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556879
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