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ReviewJournal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine

Picrorhiza kurroa, Royle ex Benth:Traditional uses, phytopharmacology, and translational potential in therapy of fatty liver disease.

Ashwinikumar Raut, Hiteshi Dhami-Shah, Aashish Phadke, Anand Shindikar, Shobha Udipi, Jayashree Joshi, Rama Vaidya, Ashok D B Vaidya

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Review in Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Hepatoprotective Potential of Indian Medicinal Plants.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2026
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  6. Pharmacological and Clinical Efficacy ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Ashwinikumar RautKasturba Health Society's Medical Research Centre, 17, K. Desai Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, 400056, India. Electronic address: ashuraut@gmail.com.
Hiteshi Dhami-ShahKasturba Health Society's Medical Research Centre, 17, K. Desai Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, 400056, India.
Aashish PhadkeKasturba Health Society's Medical Research Centre, 17, K. Desai Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, 400056, India.
Anand ShindikarKasturba Health Society's Medical Research Centre, 17, K. Desai Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, 400056, India.
Shobha UdipiKasturba Health Society's Medical Research Centre, 17, K. Desai Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, 400056, India.
Jayashree JoshiKasturba Health Society's Medical Research Centre, 17, K. Desai Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, 400056, India.
Rama VaidyaKasturba Health Society's Medical Research Centre, 17, K. Desai Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, 400056, India.
Ashok D B VaidyaKasturba Health Society's Medical Research Centre, 17, K. Desai Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, 400056, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth, Kutki (P.kurroa) is an important medicinal plant, traditionally recommended and used in Ayurveda for millennia, with certain cautions. There has been a significant revival of keen interest in its pharmacology, pharmacognosy, and phytochemistry for the last few decades. The evidence of its hepatoprotective activity, in experimental and clinical studies, accelerated the correlation of the specific phytochemical constituents of P.kurroa with precise pharmacological activities. Iridoid glycosides, particularly picrosides, emerged as the active molecules. For effective translation of traditional remedies into modern therapy, value addition by mechanistic understanding of molecular actions, drug targets, the degrees of efficacy and safety as well as convenient dosage forms is needed. Reverse pharmacology approach and phytopharmaceutical drug category facilitate such a translation. The present review illustrates how a potential translation of traditional practices of using P.kurroa into a phytochemically standardized, clinically targeted natural product for global unmet medical needs viz. Fatty liver disease can be attained.

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AyurvedaHepatoprotectivesNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseasePicrorhiza kurroaPicrosidesReverse pharmacology

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PMID35659739
PMCPMC10105242

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