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''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubia_cordifolia Rubia cordifolia]'' (Manjishtha)
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[[File:Manjishtha.jpg|thumb|'''Manjishtha(''Rubia cordifolia'')''']]
''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubia_cordifolia Rubia cordifolia]'' (Manjishtha) is a perennial climbing herb distributed widely across the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, and parts of Africa. Historically categorized in Ayurvedic pharmacopeias as a primary ''Raktashodhaka'' (blood-purifying agent) and ''Varnya'' (complexion-enhancing herb).<ref name="API">Anonymous. ''The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India''. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume 3: 52.</ref> Modern pharmacological investigations validate its multi-target therapeutic activities. Its principal active constituents—anthraquinones, naphthoquinones, bicyclic hexapeptides, and triterpenoids—exhibit documented anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, dermatological, immunomodulatory, and neuroprotective properties.[[File:Manjishtha.jpg|thumb|'''Manjishtha(''Rubia cordifolia'')''']]
''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubia_cordifolia Rubia cordifolia]'' (Manjishtha) is a perennial climbing herb distributed widely across the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, and parts of Africa. Historically categorized in Ayurvedic pharmacopeias as a primary ''Raktashodhaka'' (blood-purifying agent) and ''Varnya'' (complexion-enhancing herb).<ref name="API">Anonymous. ''The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India''. Department of Ayush, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Part I. 1986; Volume 3: 52.</ref> Modern pharmacological investigations validate its multi-target therapeutic activities. Its principal active constituents—anthraquinones, naphthoquinones, bicyclic hexapeptides, and triterpenoids—exhibit documented anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, dermatological, immunomodulatory, and neuroprotective properties.


== Synonyms in Classical Texts ==
== Synonyms in Classical Texts ==