title: Arogya vardhii bati and anand bhairava ras, two amoebicidal ayurvedic drugs.
abstract: Two ayurvedic preparations Arogya Vardhini Bati (AVB) and Anand Bhairava Ras (ABR) were found to cure intestinal amoebiasis of rat and hepatic amoebiasis of golden hamster. Both AVB and ABR were found to be amoebicidal against trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytic at 500 μg/ml in vitro and cured caecal amoebiasis of rat at 200 mg/kg/dose/5 dyas, in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Central Drug Research Institute, Microbiology Division, Lucknow - 226 001, (U.P.), India.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Das