Withania somnifera Studies


Evaluation of effect of highly standardized aqueous extract of roots and leaves of Withania somnifera on cold pressor test induced cardiovascular changes in healthy human subjects. Pilli, R., Koilagundla, N., Ramakanth, G., Pingali, UR. Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol. 2016; 5(3): 873-878.


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A standardized Withania somnifera extract reduces stress related parameters in chronically stressed humans – a double‐blind,randomized, placebo‐controlled study. Biswajit Auddy, Jayaram Hazara, Achintya Mitra, Bruce Abedon, Shibnath Ghosal. JANA, Vol. II, No. I, 2008, pp. 50‐56.


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Effects of standardized aqueous extract of Withania somnifera on tests of cognitive and psychomotor performance in healthy human participants. Usharani Pingali, Raveendranath Pilli, Nishat Fatima. Phamacognosy Research, January‐March 2014, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 12‐18.
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Randomized, placebo‐controlled adjunctive study of an extract of Withania somnifera for cognitive dysfunction in bipolar disorder. K.N.Roy Chengappa, Christopher Bowie, Patricia Schlicht, David Fleet, Jaspreet Brar, Ripu Jindal. J Clin Psychiatry, 74:11, November 2013, pp.1076‐1083.


Effect of Withania somnifera extract on mental stress induced changes in hemodynamic properties and arterial wave reflections in healthy subjects. Usharani Pingali, Raveendranath Pilli, Nishat Fatima. Current Topics in Nutraceutical research, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 151‐158, 2013.
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Evaluation of the analgesic activity of standardized aqueous extract of Withania somnifera in healthy human volunteers using hot air pain model. P.Nalini, K.Manjunath, N., K.Sunil Kumar Reddy, P.Usharani. Research Journal of Life Sciences (May 2013), Vol. 01, Issue 02, pp. 1‐6.


Evaluation of a highly standardized Withania somnifera extract on endothelial function and biomarkers of oxidative stress in patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study. Pingali Usharani, Nishat Fatima, Chiranjeevi Uday Kumar, Int. J.Ayur. Pharma Research, 2014; 2(3): 22‐32.


A comparative study to evaluate the effect of highly standardized extracts of Phyllanthus emblica, Withania somnifera and their combination on endothelial dysfunction and biomarkers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. P. Usharani, P.V. Kishan, Nishat Fatima and C. Uday Kumar. IJPSR, 2014; Vol. 5(7): 2687‐2697.


Ramakanth GS, Uday Kumar, Kishan PV, Usharani P. A randomized, double blind placebo controlled study of efficacy and tolerability of Withaina somnifera extracts in knee joint pain. J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2016 Jul - Sep;7(3):151-157


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