南非醉茄的健康益處

W. somnifera活性成分的抗氧化作用至少可以部分解釋它們在實驗動物和臨床情況下所產生的抗應激，促進認知，抗炎和抗衰老的作用。”
For years, Indians have prescribed ashwagandha as a treatment for cerebral disorders in the elderly, including memory loss.多年來，印度人已開出南非醉茄作為老年人腦部疾病（包括記憶力減退）的治療方法。 Scholars from the University of Leipzig looked at the effects of ashwagandha on the brain.萊比錫大學的學者研究了南非醉茄對大腦的影響。 They dosed rats with ashwagandha and then looked at their brains to see if ashwagandha affected neurotransmitters.他們給大鼠服用了ashwagandha，然後看著他們的大腦，看看ashwagandha是否會影響神經遞質。 The research showed that ashwagandha led to more acetylcholine receptor activity.研究表明，南非醉茄導致更多的乙酰膽鹼受體活性。 The scholars concluded that the increase of activity in that particular neurotransmitter could account for the increase in cognitive ability and memory that is attributed to ashwagandha.學者們得出結論，特定神經遞質的活性增加可以解釋歸因於ashwagandha的認知能力和記憶力的增加。
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center also looked at the effects of ashwagandha.德克薩斯大學健康科學中心的研究人員還研究了南非醉茄的功效。 They found that extracts of the shrub had activity that was similar to GABA, which could explain why the plant is effective in reducing anxiety.他們發現灌木的提取物具有與GABA相似的活性，這可以解釋為什麼植物能有效減輕焦慮。
2002年進行的另一項研究發現，ashwagandha導致軸突和樹突的生長增加。 2001年的另一項研究發現該植物可以增強記憶力。 2000年的一個項目表明，非洲醉茄減輕了動物的焦慮和抑鬱。