Achyranthes aspera is an erect, sometimes sprawling, long-lived herb which can grow up to 2 m tall, with stems becoming woody at the base. (pleasefireme.com)
Achyranthes aspera (common names: chaff-flower, prickly chaff flower, devil's horsewhip, Sanskrit: अपामार्ग apāmārga) is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. (pleasefireme.com)
Common names of this perennial herb in English are Prickly chaff, Rough chaff, Devil's horse whip, in Sanskrit it is Apamarga and the botanical name is Achyranthes aspera and belongs to Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family). (pleasefireme.com)
Uttareni (Achyranthes aspera) Root used as tooth card and whole plant powder as tooth powder in gums and teeth problems. (pleasefireme.com)
Snow trout Schizothorax richardsonii larvae were cultured under three feeding regimes: control diet (diet D1) and test diets, supplemented with vitamin C (800 mg/kg diet, diet D2) and Achyranthes aspera seeds (5 g/kg diet, diet D3). (madridge.org)
Dietary supplementation of vitamin C and Achyranthes aspera seeds improved immune system as myeloperoxidase and nitric oxide synthase levels were significantly (P (madridge.org)
Achyranthes aspera L. (family: Amaranthaceae) is considered as a medicinal plant, used traditionally in treating fever, especially malarial fever, dysentery, asthma, hypertension and diabetes [19] [20] in humans. (madridge.org)
Genus4
The aim of the present investigation was to study the flavonoids compounds in the herb of the plant, because there is no information for the presence of flavonoids in the whole genus Achyranthes. (ishs.org)
Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae have long been recognized as allied families that share a number of features: generally small flowers, one perianth whorl, a syncarpous gynoecium with a superior ovary and often only one ovule, basal or free-central placentation, pollen characteristics, centrospermous embryo development, betalain pigments, and P-type form (c) sieve-element plastids. (floranorthamerica.org)
FLOWERING PLANTS OF INDIA, DICOTYLEDONS, Vol-I (Acanthaceae-Avicenniaceae) authored by S. Karthikeyan, M. Sanjappa and S. Moorthy and published by BSI, Kolkata in 2009 is an important document for names, authority and distribution of Amaranthaceae species in India. (google.com)
Ptilotus1
Resolving intergeneric relationships in the aervoid clade and the backbone of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae): Evidence from whole plastid genomes and morphology. (wikimedia.org)
Iamonico, D. 2013a: Lectotypification of the Linnaean name Bosea yervamora ( Amaranthaceae ). (sciendo.com)
South America1
Centers of diversity for Amaranthaceae are southwestern North America, Central America, South America, and Africa south of the Sahara Desert. (floranorthamerica.org)
Schinz1
Amaranthaceae are usually divided into subfamilies Amaranthoideae (anthers 4-locular with two lines of dehiscence) and Gomphrenoideae Schinz (anthers 2-locular with one line of dehiscence). (floranorthamerica.org)
Plant1
Amaranthaceae) is an important herbaceous weed plant has wide range of pharmacological and phytochemical properties. (ijpcbs.com)
China1
Amaranthaceae) is widely distributed in Korea, China, Vietnam and it has a wide application in the traditional (orthodox) and folk medicine of this region. (ishs.org)
Caryophyllales2
HN - 2001 BX - FOIA Requests BX - Freedom of Information Act Requests MH - Achyranthes UI - D029044 MN - B6.388.100.37.100 MS - A plant genus of the family AMARANTHACEAE, order Caryophyllales, which has been used in traditional medicine (MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL). (nih.gov)
A plant genus of the family AMARANTHACEAE , order Caryophyllales, which has been used in traditional medicine ( MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL ). (nih.gov)
Species1
Achyranthes bidentata Blume is a species of Achyranthes that grows in India, Nepal, China, and Japan. (findmeacure.com)