Description
Hemidesmus Indicus Root Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground roots of the Indian Salsaparilla, Hemidesmus Indicus, Asclepiadaceae
Anticancer Research
H. indicus, also popularly known as “Anantmul,” is a semierect shrub belonging tothe family Asclepiadaceae. It is widely distributed throughout India and known as “God of Medicine” and is used in a popular drug formulations of the Ayurveda systemof medicine to treat dysentery, diarrhea, skin diseases, syphilis, dyspepsia, leukoderma,diuresis, burning of body, chronic fever, and asthma and is a blood purifier(Austin and Herbals 2008). Pharmacological studies carried out with its extract andpurified compounds indicated that this plant possesses antioxidant, hepatoprotective,antiulcer, antimicrobial, hypoglycemic, antihyperlipidemic, otoprotective,analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory activities (Kainthla et al.2006). Methanolic extracts of H. indicus roots showed a remarkable anticancerpotential against the breast cancer (MCF 7) cell lines (Papiya et al. 2010; Cherkuet al. 2016).
