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    <language>eng</language>
    <publisher>Excellent Publishers</publisher>
    <journalTitle>International Journal of Current Research in Biosciences and Plant Biology (IJCRBP)</journalTitle>
    <issn>2349-8072</issn>
    <eissn>2349-8080</eissn>
     <publicationDate>2016-01-04</publicationDate>
    <volume>3</volume>
    <issue>2</issue>
    <startPage>114</startPage>
    <endPage>120</endPage>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Phytochemical Evaluation of Withanolide-A in Ashwagandha Roots from Different Climatic Regions of India</title>
    <authors>
      <author>
        <name>Rehana Anjum Shah</name>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name> Shahana Khan</name>
        <affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name> Wahida Rehman</name>
        <affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Moinuddin Vakil</name>
        <affiliationId>4</affiliationId>
      </author>
    </authors>
    <affiliationsList>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Botany, The Institute of Science, 15, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai-400 032, India</affiliationName>
    </affiliationsList>
    <abstract language="eng">
      <p>Ashwagandha [Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal] is a highly valued medicinal plant in Ayurveda, used either singly or in combination with other herbs. Plants growing under different agro-climatic condition often show qualitative and quantitative variations in their phytoconstituents. In the GC-MS analysis, 24 bioactive phytochemical compounds were identified in roots and leaves of Withania somnifera. Present investigation deals with comparison of Ashwagandha plants (WsL, WsK, WsN and WsM) obtained from various regions (Lucknow, Karnataka, Nimuch and Mumbai) of India, for their withanolide-A contents using HPTLC. Methanolic root extracts of WsN showed maximum withanolide-A content (1.3%), WsK being close behind at 1.2% followed by WsM (0.7%); WsL showed minimum withanolide-A content at 0.4% only.</p>
    </abstract>
    <fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://www.ijcmas.com/vol-5-1/Rehana Anjum Shah, et al.pdf</fullTextUrl>
    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword>Ashwagandha</keyword>
    </keywords>
    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword> Medicinal plant</keyword>
    </keywords>
    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword> Phytochemical compounds</keyword>
    </keywords>
    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword> Withanolide-A</keyword>
    </keywords>
  </record>
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