Effect of Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari) on gastric emptying time in normal healthy volunteers.
J Postgrad Med
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1990 Apr; 36(2): 91-4
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari) is used in Ayurveda for dyspepsia (amlapitta) and as a galactogogue. It was hence compared with a modern drug, metoclopramide, which is used in dyspepsia to reduce gastric emptying time. Gastric emptying half- time (GE t1/2) was studied in 8 healthy male volunteers using a cross-over design. The basal GE t1/2 in volunteers was 159.9 +/- 45.9 min (mean +/- SD) which was reduced to 101 +/- 40.8 min by Shatavari (p less than 0.001) and to 85.3 +/- 21.9 by metoclopramide (p less than 0.001). Metoclopramide and Shatavari did not differ significantly in their effects.
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Main subject:
Rats
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Humans
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Male
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Plant Extracts
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Dopamine Antagonists
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Adult
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Gastric Emptying
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Animals
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Medicine, Ayurvedic
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Metoclopramide
Language:
English
Journal:
J Postgrad Med
Year:
1990
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Article
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