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    Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari) targeting estrogen receptor a: - An in-vitro and in-silico mechanistic study
    (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2018) Sharma R.; Jaitak V.
    Breast cancer is a disease where cells in the tissue of the breast, grow and divide without normal control. Breast cancer is second major cause for death in world wide. Importance of natural product increase due to adverse effect of existing synthetic drugs. Asparagus racemosus comprises phytoestrogens which can be used for the treatment of breast cancer. In the current study, In vitro antiproliferative activity of the extracts of A. racemosus is performed in T47D cancer cell lines. Outcomes of the result indicated that aqueous methanol and methanol extract showed excellent antiproliferative activity as compared to bazedoxifene (standard), ethyl acetate and petroleum ether extract. In silico study of reported phytochemical constituents of A. racemosus was performed for understand the molecular mechanism and prospect pharmacophore development. Furthermore, compound 26 (rutin) which has been earlier reported and isolated from alcoholic extract exhibited the remarkable binding profile with estrogen receptor ?. For that reason, our study proposed that A. racemosus could be used as a new source for the treatment of breast cancer.
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    Phytochemical investigation and biological evaluation of secondary metabolites from asparagus racemosus l through in-vitro and in-silico approach
    (Central University of Punjab, 2013) Singla, Ramit; Jaitak, Vikas
    Nature has been a source of medicinal products for millennia, and with many useful drugs developed from different natural resources, with majority of drugs are from plant origin. Asparagus racemosus belonging to family liliaceae, is one such important medicinal plant. This plant species is used traditionally in India and other parts of the world in epilepsy, Vaat disorders, brain tonic, hypertension, hepatoprotection, immunostimulant and antiabortifacient. In this context, the aim of the present study was to explore the roots of A.racemosus in terms of its medicinal values for instances antimutagenic, and advanced glycation end-product inhibitor. Antimutagenic activity of different extracts were evaluated using Ames test. A. racemosus methanolic extract (RME) and aqueous extract (RAE) have been found to have effective in the inhibition mutation induced by NPD and sodium azide. Among the two extracts, RAE and RME showed maximum inhibition of 49.2%, and 40.63% in Co-incubation mode respectively. The inhibition of BSA-glucose for the determination of antiglycation activity showed that the inhibition varied significantly among different extracts of A. racemosus. The highest inhibition measured by BSA-glucose was observed for (Ethyl acetate extract) REE (IC50 37.56 ± 1.65 ?g/mL) followed by (methanolic extract) RME (IC50 51.32 ± 1.48 ?g/mL). Isolation of molecules from methanol extract led to the characterisation of one molecule v namely nyasol out of total seven isolated molecules. The molecular docking study of isolated molecule Nyasol displayed strong binding affinity with estrogen receptor ? and estrogen receptor ?, indicating that Nyasol is beneficial in hormone responsive breast cancer. Moreover, in-silico study of already reported phytoestrogens from A.racemosus was also carried out using Glide docking to investigate interaction pattern with Human placental estrone sulphatases (1P49), human 17?-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase type 1 (1FDS), human glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (2BH9) and tubulin protein receptors. The top docking score was obtained for rutin (estrogen receptor ?), 3,6,4'-trimethoxy-7-O-?-D-glucopyranosyl [1?4]-O-?-D-xylopyranoside glucopyranpsyl (HSP90), 8-Methoxy-5,6,4-trihydroxyisoflavone-7-O-?-D-glucopyranoside (human placental estrone sulphatase), Shatavarin X (17?-hydroxydehydrogenase`), Racemoside A (Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase), Immunoside (Colchicine binding site of tubulin). The results indicated that phytoestrogens are likely potential candidate for controlling tumor progression with a special emphasis in breast cancer progression.
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    SHATAVARI (ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS WILD): A REVIEW ON ITS CULTIVATION, MORPHOLOGY, PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
    (web of Science (Thomson Reuters), 2014) Singla, Ramit; Jaitak, Vikas
    Asparagus racemosus, a climbing Ayurvedic plant, is known for its numerous activities such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, angina, dysmenorrhea, anxiety disorders, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), leucorrhoea and urinary tract infections. This plant possesses a wide range of secondary metabolites inclusive of steroids, alkaloids, dihydrophenanthrene derivatives, flavonoids, furan derivatives and essential oils. Information from the literature suggests that, the major constituents of A. racemosus are steroidal saponins which are mainly responsible for different biological activities of A. racemosus. The review summarizes the information concerning the cultivation, morphology, phytochemistry, biological activities, safety profile, marketing status and conservation techniques of A. racemosus .
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    In-vitro anti-mutagenic activity of Asparagus racemosus: An ayurvedic medicinal plant
    (Academic Journals Inc., 2013) Singh, Ramit; Kaur, Rajbir; Arora, Saroj; Jaitak, Vikas
    Asparagus racemosus is a plant traditionaly used in epilepsy, as a brain tonic, cardiac disorders, hypertension, habitual abortions, weakness of the uterus, excessive bleeding during menstruation. The current study evaluated the antimutagenic pottential of methanolic (RME) and aqueous methanolic extract (RAE) extracted from A. racemosus. Ames assay was used to acess the antimutagenic potential of RME and RAE (2.5x103, 1.0x103, 0.5x103, 0.25x103, 0.10x103 and 0.01x103 ?g 0.1 mL plate-1) that was added with mutagenic activation of TA98 and TA100 strain of Salmonella typhimurium. A. racemosus extract RME and RAE have been found to have effective in the inhibition of mutation induced by NPD and sodium azide. Among the two extracts, RAE showed maximum inhibition of 49.2% followed by RME having inhibition of 40.63% in Co-incubation mode. Current study indicated that A. racemosus can be used as a new source of anti-mutagenic. ? 2013 Academic Journals Inc.