Switch to
Predicate | Object |
---|---|
rdf:type | |
lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
|
pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-10-1
|
pubmed:abstractText |
Withania somnifera is a medicinal plant used in the treatment of a variety of ailments in the Ayurvedic system. Alcoholic extract of the root of the plant was injected(ip) at daily doses of 200 to 1000 mg/kg body wt for 15 days starting from 24 hr after intradermal inoculation of 5 x 10(5) cells of S-180 in BALB/c mice. Solid tumor growth was monitored for 100 days. Doses of 400 mg/kg and above produced complete regression of tumor after an initial growth, the percentage of complete response (CR) increasing with increasing drug dose. A 55% CR was obtained at 1000 mg/kg drug administration, but this dose also produced some mortality among the animals. A significant increase in the volume doubling time and growth delay was seen when the drug dose was increased from 500 to 750 mg/kg body wt, but further increase in drug dose to 1000 mg/kg did not produce any significant increase in these responses. Cumulative doses of 7.5 to 10 g at daily doses of 500 or 750 mg/kg seems to produce a good response in this tumor.
|
pubmed:language |
eng
|
pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
|
pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
|
pubmed:month |
Mar
|
pubmed:issn |
0019-5189
|
pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
|
pubmed:volume |
30
|
pubmed:owner |
NLM
|
pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
|
pubmed:pagination |
169-72
|
pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
|
pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug,
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Medicine, Ayurvedic,
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Mice, Inbred BALB C,
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Neoplasm Transplantation,
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Plant Extracts,
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Plants, Medicinal,
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Remission Induction,
pubmed-meshheading:1512021-Sarcoma 180
|
pubmed:year |
1992
|
pubmed:articleTitle |
In vivo growth inhibitory effect of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) on a transplantable mouse tumor, Sarcoma 180.
|
pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Radiobiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.
|
pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
|