Research Article
Aparna Ravi, Monika Gupta, Mud
Abstract
Ashokarishtam is a proven Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of disorders of female reproductive system, particulary, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia and amenorrhea. In order to understand the various biomolecules present in this medicine, GC MS analaysis was performed. It was found that some very important biomolecules like 2, 3- Butanediol, [R-(R*, R*)], Phenol, 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)- derivatives, n- Hexadecanoic acid, 2-Amino-1,3- propanediol or Thiophene, Furyl hydroxymethyl ketone, Dihydroxyacetone, 2-Furanmethanol, 2, 5- Dimethyl-4- hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone were found which have some very effective medicinal roles. It is of interest to find that there is no biological activity reports available for some of the major components found in the GC MS study like1- Propanol, Oxalic acid, cyclobutyl heptyl ester, Propanoic acid, 2-oxo-, methyl ester, 1,3-Butadiene-1-carboxylic acid, 1, 2-Cyclopentanedione, 2,4-Dihydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furan-3-one, Hexadecanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-1- (hydroxymethyl)ethyl ester, Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-anhydride, 1-Isobutyl-7,7-dimethyl-octahydro-isobenzofuran-3aol, Ethyl 2-nitropropionate. Further investigations are warranted to identify the biological functions of these components to get some clues as to the medicinal role of Ashokarishtam.