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Asparagus recemosus Willd. (Fam. Liliaceae) |
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 English Name |
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Latin Name |
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Asparagus recemosus Willd. (Fam. Liliaceae) |
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Hindi Name |
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Sanskrit Name |
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N¡rayani, Vari, Abhiru, Atirasa |
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History |
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Asparagus racemosus and A.sarmentosus are the 'Satavari' and 'Maha-satavari' of the 'Nighantas'. The tubers are candied and eaten as a sweetmeat. The fresh juice of the root is given with honey as a demulcent in bilious dyspepsia or diarrhea. It is a constituent in the preparation of medicated oils for external application in nervous and rheumatic affections and urinary troubles. |
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Habitat |
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It consists of tuberous roots of Asparagus recemosus Willd. (Fam. Liliaceae), an ascending, spinous much branched, perennial climber found throughout the country. |
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Morphology
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a) Macroscopic
Root tuberous, 10 to 30 cm in length and 0.1 to 0.5 cm thick, tapering at both ends with longitudinal wrinkles; colour cream; taste, sweetish.
b) Microscopic
Shows an outer layer of piliferous cells, ruptured at places, composed of small, thin-walled, rectangular asymetrical cells, a number of cells elongated to form unicellular root hairs; cortex comprises of 25 to 29 layers, distinct in two zones, outer and inner cortex; outer cortex consists of 6 or 7 layers, compactly arranged, irregular to polygonal, thick walled, lignified cells; inner cortex comprise of 21 to 23 layers, oval to polygonal, thin-walled, tangentially elongated cells with intercellular spaces; stone cells, either singly or in groups, form a discontinuous to continuous ring in the upper part of this region; raphides of calcium oxalate also present in this region; 2 or 3 layers of stone cells encirle the endodermis; endodermis composed of thin-walled parenchymatous cells; pericycle present below endodermis; stele ex arch and radial in position; xylem consist of vessels, tracheids and parenchyma; xylem vessels have pitted thickening; phloem patches consists of usual element; pith composed of circular to oval parenchymatous cells, a few cells slightly lignified.
Powder - Yellowish-cream; fragments of lignified, thick-walled cells; vessels with simple pits, pieces of raphides, numerous, lignified, rectangular elongated' stone cells having clear striations with wide as well as narrow lumen and groups of parenchyma. |
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Principal Constituents Pharmacology
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Sugar, Glycosides, Saponin and Sitosterol.
Apart from saponins, the material contains alkaloids, proteins, starch, tannin, mucilage and diosgenin. The type of saponin varies with the geographical distribution of the species. Plants found in south India have saponin-A4 fraction but not in north Indian samples1. Steroid saponin, shatavarin - is the major glycoside with 3 glucose and rhamnose moieties attached to sarsasapogenin, whereas shatavarin-IV has 2 glucose and one rhamnose moieties with sarsasapogenin. Vanillin, coniferin and sarsasaponin were also identified from the roots. The plant contains triterpene saponins - Shatavarin I - IV, which are phytoestrogen compounds. |
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Toxicology
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There is no report of toxic and adverse effects on use of this plant but Asparagus officinalis is an allergenic plant |
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Indications
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The roots have oleaginous, cooling, antispasmodic, indigestible, appetizer, alliterative, stomach, tonic, aphrodisiac, galactagogue, astringent, antidiarrhoeatic, antidysenteric, laxative properties and is useful in tumors, inflamations, diseases of blood and eye, throat complaints, tuberculosis, leprosy, epilepsy, night blindness and kidney troubles. |
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Clinical Test
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It is proved that it increases milk production in lactating women. |
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