Ø Nourishes each and every cell of the body

Ø Useful in under nutrition and emaciating conditions

Ø Delays the signs of aging

Ø Useful in diseases which are having devastating on all the systems of body

Ø  Rudanti is one of the best Rasayana herb

Common Name:

Rudanti 

Sanskrit Name:

Rudanti 

Lt. Name:

Capparis moonii- Capparidaceae

Bio energetics:

Rasa (Taste) – Kashay (Astringent); Tikta (Bitter)

Guna (Characteristics) – Laghu (Light); Teekshna (Sharp)

Veerya (Potency) – Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka (Post digestion effect) – Katu (Pungent)

Chemical composition:

?- Sitosterol, stachyhydrin, rutin are the main active compounds present in the fruits of Rudanti.

Effect on Tridosha (Three bio humors):

Rudanti balances all the three Doshas i.e. it can be used in management of diseases which involve all the three Doshas in their etiology.

Actions according to Ayurveda:

• Rasayani: Rudanti nourishes each and every cell of the body.
  
• Shoshghani: Rudanti is useful in under nutrition and emaciating conditions.
  
• Jara Vinashnam: Rudanti delays the signs of aging
  
• Rajyakshma Shasyate: Rudanti is useful in diseases which are having devastating on all the systems of body
  

Medicinal value:

• Rudanti has also been extensively used to get relief from asthma and cough by the indigenous people of India. In the present study the antitussive effect of the plant was evaluated in two different experimental models. The antitussive effect of aerosols of two different concentrations (2.5%w/v, 5%w/v)of methanolic extract of Rudanti, codeine(0.03g/ml), and normal saline were tested by counting the numbers of coughs produced due to aerosols of citric acid 10 min after exposing the male guinea pigs to aerosols of different solutions (n=6). In another set of experiment Rudanti was investigated for its therapeutic efficacy on a cough model induced by sulfur dioxide gas in mice. The results showed significant reduction of cough number obtained in the presence of both concentrations of Rudanti and codeine. The antitussive effect on guinea pigs of higher concentration of Rudanti was significantly (p<0.01) greater than those of lower concentration and the prototype antitussive agent codeine phosphate (p<0.01). It exhibited significant anti tussive activity as that of codeine phosphate, when compared with control in a dose dependent manner in sulfur dioxide gas induced cough model. The extract at 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg, p.o. showed inhibition of cough by 22.1, 34.35 and 55.44 % within 90 min of performing the experiment.
  
• In-vivo Antitussive Activity of Rudanti. using Cough Model in Rodents; P Sunita Government Pharmacy Institute, Govt. of Jharkhand, Bariatu, Ranchi – 834 009, India, S Jha² Division of Pharmacognosy, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi - 835 215, India, SP Pattanayak³ Division of Pharmacology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi - 835 215, India
• Bioassay guided fractionation of the hydro-alcoholic extract of the fruits of Capparis moonii, led to the isolation of two new chebulinic acid derivatives. The compounds 1 and 2 displayed significant glucose uptake effect of 223% and 219% over the control at the 10ng/ml and 100ng/ml concentration, respectively. The increased glucose uptake effects of the compounds were associated with significant IR and IRS-1 phosphorylation, GLUT4 and PI3-kinase mRNA expression in the L6 cells.
  
• Insulinomimetic activity of two new gallotannins from the fruits of Capparis moonii.Kanaujia A, Duggar R, Pannakal ST, Yadav SS, Katiyar CK, Bansal V, Anand S, Sujatha S, Lakshmi BS.Ranbaxy Research Labs, R&D-III, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
• The effect of the ethanol extract of Capparis moonii Hook. f. Thoms. (Capparidaceae) fruits was studied in carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄)-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. The hepatotoxicity was induced in rats with the administration of 1:1 (v/v) mixture of CCl₄ in olive oil at the dose of 1 ml/kg subcutaneously on day 7. The ethanol extract of C. moonii (200 mg/kg) and the standard drug silymarin (25 mg/kg) were given orally from day 1 to day 9. The extract of C. moonii produced significant (p < 0.001) lowering of the elevated Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), Serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase (SGPT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and a rise of depleted total protein when compared with the toxic control. The results were comparable with the standard drug silymarin.
  
• Prevention of carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity by the ethanol extract of Capparis moonii fruits in rats Alim; Ramachandram Ramidi; Rafiullah MRM; Singh Onkar; Siddiqui AW; Mir SR  Phytochemistry Research Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, INDIA

Useful part:

Fruits 

Doses:

Powder: 3-6gm 

Some important notes about Rudanti:

§         Rudanti is one of the best Rasayana herb in Ayurveda.

§         Sharangdhar Samhita