About the Authors

Acharya Balkrishna

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Drug Discovery and Development Division, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, India, Department of Allied and Applied Sciences, University of Patanjali, Patanjali Yog Peeth, Haridwar, India, Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK) Trust, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sudeep Verma

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Drug Discovery and Development Division, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, India

Vallabh Prakash Mulay

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Drug Discovery and Development Division, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, India

Ashish Kumar Gupta

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Drug Discovery and Development Division, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, India

Swati Haldar

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Drug Discovery and Development Division, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, India

Anurag Varshney

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

anurag@prft.co.in

Affiliations Drug Discovery and Development Division, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, India, Department of Allied and Applied Sciences, University of Patanjali, Patanjali Yog Peeth, Haridwar, India, Special Centre for Systems Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Acharya Balkrishna is a trustee in Divya Yog Mandir Trust, Haridwar, India that governs Divya Pharmacy, Haridwar. In addition, Acharya Balkrishna is one of the founding promoter and holds an honorary managerial position in Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, Haridwar, India. Divya Pharmacy and Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd commercially manufacture and sell several ayurvedic products, some of which include Withania somnifera as herbal component. Divya Pharmacy and/or Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, Haridwar, India were not involved in any aspect of this study. In addition, Anurag Varshney is an adjunct professor in Department of Allied and Applied Sciences, University of Patanjali, NH-58, Haridwar-249405, Uttarakhand, India; and in Special Centre for Systems Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India.