YIELD AND PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF WILD AND CULTIVATED SAMPLES OF ASHWAGANDHA
Journal Title: Journal of Biological and Scientific Opinion - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera Dunal) is a very important herb in Ayurveda for its wide use in various ailments and health promoting properties. More than 200 Ayurvedic formulations use Ashwgandha as a main ingredient. Because of its versatile medicinal value it is termed as Indian Ginseng. Its annual demand is 7000 tonnes per annum and its actual productions is 1500 tonnes per annum. This demand obviously cannot be met from the wild sources and thus to meet this demand commercial cultivation of ashwagandha is the only route. But, a pertinent question arises with commercial cultivation regarding the medicinal quality owing to the changed conditions in cultivation vis-à-vis wild. The present research work was planned to compare the yield and phytochemical values of cultivated and collected from wild ashwagandha (1) Cultivated by using two factors (a) Chemical fertilizers (N:P:K-20:20:00 Kg/ha) and (b) Organic - (i) Farm yard manure 2 kg/m2 (ii) Vermi compost 1.3 kg/m2 and (2) Wild. The study findings suggest- Ashwagandha grown with FYM and Vermi compost is better in terms of yield and both organically grown and wild Ashwagandha are better than other samples in terms of phytochemical parameters. Thus the study suggests medicinal use of organically grown Ashwagandha.
Authors and Affiliations
Ashashri Shinde , Pankaj Gahunge , Paramaveer Singh, Sudipt Rath
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