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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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Natural Immunomodulators for Infections and Other Diseases

TL;DR: The role of natural immunomodulators in the body for various infections and related disease conditions is discussed in this article . And the authors conclude that all-natural immuno-modulators have areas that need attention, including their therapeutic risk-benefit ratio and their target binding affinity.
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Molecular Mechanism behind the Safe Immunostimulatory Effect of Withania somnifera

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors conducted a mechanistic study on W. somnifera and showed that withaferin A selectively attenuates the pro-inflammatory signaling triggered by endotoxin without impairing other immunological pathways.

Inflammatory Joint Disease in Ayurvedic Medicine

TL;DR: Amavata is a disease of chronic joint and body pain, accompanied by a swelling of some or all of the synovial joints that may include the features of other conditions, from the more pedestrian diagnoses such as arthritis, to more ‘exotic’ conditions such as ankylosing spondylitis.
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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.