Akanksha Thakur

Gujarat Ayurved University · Institute for Post Graduate Teaching & Research in Ayurveda

In India, Ayurvedic medicine has its own significance and dominance in the Indian Medicine System. The traditional medicine system of India is not well renowned due to the lack of standardization of herbal drugs. To assess the quality, purity, efficacy, potency, and safety of herbal drugs, standardization is the major aspect. Recently, World Health...

India has one of the most diverse cultural traditions associated with the use of medicinal plants and this knowledge is accessible from thousands of medical texts and manuscripts. The substances having medicinal value have been used extensively for treating numerous disease conditions. Herbs being easily available to human beings have been explor...

Background: Turmeric (Curcuma longa linn.) is ethno medicine used in various treatment like wounds, fever, diarrhea, diabetes, urinary disorders, poisoning, cough etc. Although it is nonpoisonous but various classical texts like Chakradutta, Bhaisajyaratnavali, Harmekhala mentioned its shodhana specified in Vatavyadichikitsa. Aim: To develop the St...

Objective: To establish an acceptable identification system of various purification effects in context classical based different media on turmeric samples and relates its altering pattern in favor of phyto-pharmacognostical, image processing and multivariate chemometric analysis. Methods: Authenticated turmeric samples purified through different pr...

Turmeric (Haridra) is one of the versatile herb for spices, condiment and anti-diabetic activity in Indian System of medicine and tropical country. To compare the in-vitro enzymatic inhibitory effect (α-amylase and α-glycosidase) for supporting purified (shodhita) and raw turmeric samples. Authenticate unprocessed and processed (ayurvedic classic)...

The knowledge about medicinally useful plants in the early age is scientifically documented and systematically organized in Ayurveda Samhitas, Nighantus and other classical texts. There are various plants which are not documented in the classical texts of Ayurveda which are commonly referred as Anukta Dravya (Extra-Pharmacopoeial plant). Ixora arbo...

This study proved the discrimination pattern of various purified turmeric samples with help of phyto-pharmacognostical, image processing, multivariate chemometric technique (PCA) to develop an unorthodox identification system in favour of develop unique database. It also established the various media (purification system) give additive, reductive e...

Establishing a sustainable evaluation system in the multi-elemental cocktail bhasma of Indian traditional system.

Various ethno botanical studies have been reported to expose the knowledge from the various tribal’s of India. The lower incidence of dental caries amongst users of chewing sticks has been attributed to the superior mechanical cleansing action on the teeth and to the antimicrobial properties of some of these sticks.

The current investigation was focused on the documentation, analysis and interpretation of ethnomedicinal phyto-wisdom in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. The impoverished tribal and rural people of Hamirpur district (Himachal Pradesh, India) do not receive satisfactory primary healthcare. They have traditionally been exploiting the medicinal...