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Studies on the immunomodulatory effects of Ashwagandha.

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Treatment with Ashwagandha was accompanied by significant increases in hemolytic antibody responses towards human erythrocytes, which prevented myelosuppression in mice treated with all three immunosuppressive drugs tested.
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This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 1996-02-01. It has received 360 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Withania somnifera & White blood cell.

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Potential Immunomodulatory Activities of Plant Products

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Nootropics as Cognitive Enhancers: Types, Dosage and Side Effects of Smart Drugs

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Use of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants as Immunomodulators in Geriatrics: Preclinical Studies

TL;DR: In this century there has been an increased interest globally in identifying immune modulator compounds that are pharmacologically potent and have low or no side effects, for use in treating diseases involving immunological disorders as discussed by the authors.
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Isolation and immunomodulatory activity of phytoconstituents of Lagenaria siceraria fruits

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Reckoning γ-Glutamyl-S-allylcysteine as a potential main protease (mpro) inhibitor of novel SARS-CoV-2 virus identified using docking and molecular dynamics simulation.

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The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics

Louis S. Goodman, +1 more
- 01 May 1941 - 
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The pharmacological basis of therapeutics

TL;DR: In this article, 42 authors share the herculean task of reviewing the flood of recent literature on pharmacology and rational use of drugs, under single or dual authorship they contribute the 76 chapters in the 18 sections.
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Thin-layer chromatography : a laboratory handbook

Egon Stahl
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A comparative pharmacological investigation of Ashwagandha and Ginseng.

TL;DR: The aqueous suspensions of roots of an Indian drug Ashwagandha and the Korean drug Ginseng were tested comparatively for 2 pharmacological activities, namely the anti-stress activity by the 'mice swimming endurance test' and anabolic activity by noting gain in body weights and levator ani muscle in rats.
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We also report an immunostimulatory activity: treatment with Ashwagandha was accompanied by significant increases in hemolytic antibody responses towards human erythrocytes.