Drug Designing: Open Access
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Department of Research and Development, Pankajakasthuri Herbal Research Foundation,Pankajakasthuri Ayurveda Medical College Campus, Kattakada, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  In-vitro Cytotoxicity Assessment of ZingiVir-H Tablets, a Novel HerboMineral Antiviral Drug along with Purified Mercuric Sulphide and Arsenic Trisulphide used for its Preparation, and its Corresponding Empirical Data to Reinforce the Evaluation
  Author(s): Shan Sasidharan* and Hareendran Nair J
  
  ZingiVir-H, a herbo-mineral Ayurvedic medicine targets for managing Viral fevers, Bronchitis and Acute Respiratory tract infections. It is formulated using five potent herbs and two purified heavy metals (Mercuric sulphide-HgS and Arsenic trisulphide-As2S3). The toxicity associated with metallic constituents was removed by subjecting to various detoxifying processes as described in the century-old classical literatures of Ayurveda. However, the objection raised against metal-derived drugs of Ayurveda is the lack of empirical evidence for its claimed non-toxicity after the detoxification process. Considering the widespread misconception, we have projected this study to assess the cellular toxicity of ZingiVir-H, and its two-heavy metal ingredients (raw and at various stages of detoxification steps) in the L6 rat myoblast cell line based on MTT.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2169-0138.21.10.191

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