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Shilajit: a review.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17295385     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Shilajit is a pale-brown to blackish-brown exudation, of variable consistency, exuding from layers of rocks in many mountain ranges of the world, especially the Himalayas and Hindukush ranges of the Indian subcontinent. It has been found to consist of a complex mixture of organic humic substances and plant and microbial metabolites occurring in the rock rhizospheres of its natural habitat. Shilajit has been used as a rejuvenator and an adaptogen for thousands of years, in one form or another, as part of traditional systems of medicine in a number of countries. Many therapeutic properties have been ascribed to it, a number of which have been verified by modern scientific evaluation. Shilajit has been attributed with many miraculous healing properties.
Authors:
Suraj P Agarwal; Rajesh Khanna; Ritesh Karmarkar; Md Khalid Anwer; Roop K Khar
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Phytotherapy research : PTR     Volume:  21     ISSN:  0951-418X     ISO Abbreviation:  Phytother Res     Publication Date:  2007 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-04-24     Completed Date:  2007-07-09     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8904486     Medline TA:  Phytother Res     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  401-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutics, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi 110062, India.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anti-Allergic Agents / chemistry,  isolation & purification,  pharmacology
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemistry,  isolation & purification,  pharmacology
Anti-Ulcer Agents / chemistry,  isolation & purification,  pharmacology
Antioxidants / chemistry,  isolation & purification,  pharmacology
Humans
Humic Substances
Hypoglycemic Agents / chemistry,  isolation & purification,  pharmacology
Immunologic Factors / chemistry,  isolation & purification,  pharmacology
Medicine, Traditional
Rejuvenation
Resins, Plant / chemistry,  isolation & purification,  pharmacology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anti-Allergic Agents; 0/Anti-Inflammatory Agents; 0/Anti-Ulcer Agents; 0/Antioxidants; 0/Humic Substances; 0/Hypoglycemic Agents; 0/Immunologic Factors; 0/Resins, Plant; 12633-76-0/mumie

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