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Anti-inflammatory activity of root bark and stem bark of Shyonaka

BACKGROUND: Shyonaka (Oroxylum indicum Vent.; Bignoniaceae) root bark is one of the ingredients of dashamoola (a group of 10 roots), and is used for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic action in a number of compound formulations in Ayurveda. AIM: Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India (API) recommends usi...

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Autores principales: Doshi, Krunal, Ilanchezhian, R, Acharya, Rabinarayan, Patel, B. R., Ravishankar, B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326090
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-9476.104434
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author Doshi, Krunal
Ilanchezhian, R
Acharya, Rabinarayan
Patel, B. R.
Ravishankar, B.
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description BACKGROUND: Shyonaka (Oroxylum indicum Vent.; Bignoniaceae) root bark is one of the ingredients of dashamoola (a group of 10 roots), and is used for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic action in a number of compound formulations in Ayurveda. AIM: Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India (API) recommends using the stem bark instead of root bark. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An attempt has been made to study the anti-inflammatory activity of both root bark and stem bark kashaya (decoction) experimentally. CONCLUSION: Results showed significant anti-inflammatory activity of root bark and stem bark decoction.
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spelling pubmed-35452392013-01-16 Anti-inflammatory activity of root bark and stem bark of Shyonaka Doshi, Krunal Ilanchezhian, R Acharya, Rabinarayan Patel, B. R. Ravishankar, B. J Ayurveda Integr Med Original Research Article BACKGROUND: Shyonaka (Oroxylum indicum Vent.; Bignoniaceae) root bark is one of the ingredients of dashamoola (a group of 10 roots), and is used for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic action in a number of compound formulations in Ayurveda. AIM: Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India (API) recommends using the stem bark instead of root bark. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An attempt has been made to study the anti-inflammatory activity of both root bark and stem bark kashaya (decoction) experimentally. CONCLUSION: Results showed significant anti-inflammatory activity of root bark and stem bark decoction. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3545239/ /pubmed/23326090 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-9476.104434 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 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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Doshi, Krunal
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title_short Anti-inflammatory activity of root bark and stem bark of Shyonaka
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326090
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-9476.104434
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