Abstract

GENOTOXICITY: A REVIEW OF STUDIES ON SOME AYURVEDIC DRUGS

Susmita Mishra*

Abstract

Genotoxicity describes a deleterious action on a cell genetic material affecting its integrity. Ayurvedic medicines are generally based on herbal products and Ayurvedic practitioners usually make up their own medicines. They may use individual herbal extracts or a mixture of herbal extracts with vegetable, animal and mineral products and it is a basic principle of Ayurveda that anything can be used as a drug. This review article researches the ayurvedic drugs on genotoxicity is about it‟s therapeutic value. Then this review article reviews the various research studies on genotoxicity on ayurvedic drugs. This study will be very useful for future ayurvedic drug development and particularly for the life style diseases and disorders.

Keywords: Genotoxicity, Ayurvedic drugs, lymphocyets, Heavy metals, comet assay and MNT.