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Review
. 2013 Jul;7(14):92-6.
doi: 10.4103/0973-7847.120506.

Rasayans and non-rasayans herbs: Future immunodrug - Targets

Gaurav Mahesh Doshi  1 , Hemant Devidas Une  2 , Pradnya Palekar Shanbhag  1
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Review

Rasayans and non-rasayans herbs: Future immunodrug - Targets

Gaurav Mahesh Doshi et al. Pharmacogn Rev. 2013 Jul.

Abstract

Ayurvedic therapeutics describes vast number of medicinal herbs used as "Vyadhirodhak Chamatav" that has enlightened the application of herbs used as corner stone in various diseases especially those modulating the immune system. Ayurveda literature comprises of rasayana and non-rasayana herbs. Materia Medica entirely enriched with enormous data of rasayana medicinal herbs acting as immunomodulators in existence. However, as such there is no specific review of literature available for non-Rasayana herbs that have immense potential as immunomodulators. This review article empowers data on non-rasayana medicinal herbs as promising future target for immunotherapy.

Keywords: Active; cellular; humoral; immunization; innate; passive.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

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Figure 1
Contains rasayana and non-rasayana herbs with wide pharmacological activities
Figure 2
Figure 2
Contains list of immunomodulatory activity models
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