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      Achyranthes aspera seed & weight control

      Achyranthes Aspera was commonly used in ancient ayurvedic medicine to help control excessive appetite.

      Listed below are textbook and research articles investigating this claim relating to the seed:

      Textbooks etc.

      - The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India Volume Part 1: 2/9

      - Database on Medicinal Plants Used in Ayurveda 1/11.

      - Ayurvedic Pharmacology Gogte p.296

      Animal study

      - Gupta, S.S., S.C.L. Verma, A.K. Ram and R.M. Tripathi (1972) - Diuretic effect of the saponin of Achyranthes aspera (apamarga), Indian Journal of Pharmacology 4, 4, 208-21

      Achyranthes aspera whole plant & weight

      Textbooks etc

      - Bhavaprakash –p.287

      - The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India Volume Pt 1:2/9

      - Database on Medicinal Plants Used in Ayurveda, 1/11.

      - Ayurvedic Pharmacology Gogte. P296

      Human studies

      - Ajaishankar, M.R. Parsai, S.M.A. Naqvi and J.P. Jain (1980) - A clinical trial of apamarga (Achyranthes aspera) in cases of shoth (general anasarca), Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Siddha 1, 4, 514-528.

      Animal studies

      - Muhammad Shoaib Akhtar and Javed Iqbal . Evaluation of the hypoglycaemic effect of Achyranthes aspera in normal and alloxan-diabetic rabbits. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. Volume 31, Issue 1,January 1991, Pages 49-57

      - Tahiliani, Pankaj and Anand Kar (2000b) - Achyranthes aspera elevates thyroid hormone levels and decreases hepatic lipid peroxidation in male rats, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 71, 527-532.

      - Gupta, S.S., A.W. Bhagwat and A.K. Ram (1972) - Cardiac stimulant activity of the saponin of Achyranthes aspera, IJMR 60, 3, 462-471

      - Gupta, S.S., S.C.L. Verma, A.K. Ram and R.M. Tripathi (1972) - Diuretic effect of the saponin of Achyranthes aspera (apamarga), Indian Journal of Pharmacology 4, 4, 208-214.

      Achyranthes aspera whole plant & respiration

      Textbooks, etc

      - Bhavaprakash p.287 - The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India Volume Pt 1:2/9

      - Database on Medicinal Plants Used in Ayurveda, 1/11.

      - Ayurvedic Pharmacology Gogte. p.296

       

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