There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.
Abstract
The aqueous suspensions of roots of an Indian drug Ashwagandha and the Korean drug
Ginseng were tested comparatively for 2 pharmacological activities, namely the anti-stress
activity by the 'mice swimming endurance test' and anabolic activity by noting gain
in body weights and levator ani muscle in rats. A significant increase in mice swimming
time was shown by Ginseng (P < 0.001) and Ashwagandha (P < 0.01) as compared to the
control group. Significant increase in body weights in the Ashwagandha treated group
(P < 0.05) was better than Ginseng (P < 0.5). Gain in wet weights of the levator ani
muscle were also significant in Ginseng (P < 0.001) and Ashwagandha (P < 0.01) treated
groups, however, the weight gain of dried levator ani muscles showed comparable results
for both these drugs (P < 0.01).