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The scientific basis of rasa (taste) of a substance as a tool to explore its pharmacological behavior.
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- A transdisciplinary framework for managing metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Extraoral Taste Receptor Discovery: New Light on Ayurvedic Pharmacology.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Review
- Exploring Ayurvedic Knowledge on Food and Health for Providing Innovative Solutions to Contemporary Healthcare.Frontiers in public health · 2016Review
- Evolution of dietary preferences and the innate urge to heal: Drug discovery lessons from Ayurveda.Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicineReview
- Understanding the relevance of herb-drug interaction studies with special focus on interplays: a prerequisite for integrative medicine.Porto biomedical journalReview
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Abstract
backgroundA rational and well-developed pharmacological basis forms the foundation of therapeutics in Ayurveda. The principles and theories of Ayurveda need to be validated in the scientific context in order to harness the millennia old knowledge. Rasa (taste) of the substance is the foremost tool in Ayurveda to assess and determine the pharmacological properties and actions of the substance. Similarity in rasa is said to signify similar structure and consequently similar pharmacological behavior. Depending on skills developed over the course of long-term clinical experience one, can register the minute variations in rasa of substances and accordingly the possible variations in pharmacological actions. Thus, rasa can be used as a scientific tool in the drug discovery process to limit and focus the target areas.
aimTo sensitize scientific community to the utility of rasa as a tool in the process of drug discovery. MATERIALS AND
methodsAll relevant ancient and contemporary literature was reviewed critically to form a scientific basis of the Ayurvedic concept of rasa as a tool to identify the pharmacological behavior of a substance.
conclusionThe review finds that rasa (taste) can be used as a guide to identify potential targets in drug discovery.
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