Ashwagandha, Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, for the prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 infection: A multicentric randomized hydroxychloroquine controlled clinical trial in Indian health care workers

Renuka Kulkarni-Munshi, Deepti Talmohite, Anand More, Jaya Chakravarty, Sandhya Kamat, Akash Khobragade, D. Himanshu Reddy, Manish Patel, Divya Kajaria, Raju Singh, Sarita Kumari, Priyanka Mishra, A.K. Srivastava, Vivek Bhagat, Saurabh Pandey, Meena Yadav, Rahul Darnule, Shobha Bhat, Sangeeta Kansal, Sonali Munot, Dipti Kumbhar, Raakhi Tripathi, Snehalata Gajbhiye, Padmaja Marathe, Jaee Parvatkar, Dhaiwat Shukla, Prakashkumar Panchal, Jui Shah, Jayashree Bhale, Viswajanani Sattigeri, Ashish Amarsheda, Anil Avhad, Nilima Kshirsagar, Dilip M. Mondhe, Arvind Chopra

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2025.101135
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.jaim.2025.101135,
  title = {Ashwagandha, Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, for the prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 infection: A multicentric randomized hydroxychloroquine controlled clinical trial in Indian health care workers},
  author = {Renuka Kulkarni-Munshi and Deepti Talmohite and Anand More and Jaya Chakravarty and Sandhya Kamat and Akash Khobragade and D. Himanshu Reddy and Manish Patel and Divya Kajaria and Raju Singh and Sarita Kumari and Priyanka Mishra and A.K. Srivastava and Vivek Bhagat and Saurabh Pandey and Meena Yadav and Rahul Darnule and Shobha Bhat and Sangeeta Kansal and Sonali Munot and Dipti Kumbhar and Raakhi Tripathi and Snehalata Gajbhiye and Padmaja Marathe and Jaee Parvatkar and Dhaiwat Shukla and Prakashkumar Panchal and Jui Shah and Jayashree Bhale and Viswajanani Sattigeri and Ashish Amarsheda and Anil Avhad and Nilima Kshirsagar and Dilip M. Mondhe and Arvind Chopra},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jaim.2025.101135},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2025.101135}
}

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AU  - Deepti Talmohite
AU  - Anand More
AU  - Jaya Chakravarty
AU  - Sandhya Kamat
AU  - Akash Khobragade
AU  - D. Himanshu Reddy
AU  - Manish Patel
AU  - Divya Kajaria
AU  - Raju Singh
AU  - Sarita Kumari
AU  - Priyanka Mishra
AU  - A.K. Srivastava
AU  - Vivek Bhagat
AU  - Saurabh Pandey
AU  - Meena Yadav
AU  - Rahul Darnule
AU  - Shobha Bhat
AU  - Sangeeta Kansal
AU  - Sonali Munot
AU  - Dipti Kumbhar
AU  - Raakhi Tripathi
AU  - Snehalata Gajbhiye
AU  - Padmaja Marathe
AU  - Jaee Parvatkar
AU  - Dhaiwat Shukla
AU  - Prakashkumar Panchal
AU  - Jui Shah
AU  - Jayashree Bhale
AU  - Viswajanani Sattigeri
AU  - Ashish Amarsheda
AU  - Anil Avhad
AU  - Nilima Kshirsagar
AU  - Dilip M. Mondhe
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Kulkarni-Munshi, R., Talmohite, D., More, A., Chakravarty, J., Kamat, S., Khobragade, A., Reddy, D. H., Patel, M., Kajaria, D., Singh, R., Kumari, S., Mishra, P., Srivastava, A., Bhagat, V., Pandey, S., Yadav, M., Darnule, R., Bhat, S., Kansal, S., Munot, S., Kumbhar, D., Tripathi, R., Gajbhiye, S., Marathe, P., Parvatkar, J., Shukla, D., Panchal, P., Shah, J., Bhale, J., Sattigeri, V., Amarsheda, A., Avhad, A., Kshirsagar, N., Mondhe, D. M., & Chopra, A. (2025). Ashwagandha, Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, for the prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 infection: A multicentric randomized hydroxychloroquine controlled clinical trial in Indian health care workers. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2025.101135

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