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Record W4408548451 · doi:10.1177/02698811251324377

Effect of ashwagandha ( <i>Withania somnifera</i> ) extract with Sominone (Somin-On™) to improve memory in adults with mild cognitive impairment: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

2025· article· en· W4408548451 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Psychopharmacology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicPhytochemicals and Medicinal Plants
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsWechsler Memory ScalePlaceboMontreal Cognitive AssessmentCognitionRandomized controlled trialWechsler Adult Intelligence ScalePsychologyAudiologyVerbal memoryWorking memoryMemory spanPlacebo-controlled studyMedicinePhysical therapyCognitive impairmentPsychiatryDouble blindInternal medicine

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a condition in which people have memory or thinking problems than other people of their age. This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of ashwagandha extract standardized with Sominone (Somin-On™) in enhancing memory and cognitive functioning in adults with MCI. METHODS: In this randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study, 40 subjects with MCI were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either Somin-On™ (250 mg daily) or a placebo for 60 days. The outcome measures, improvement in memory and other cognitive functions after 30 and 60 days were assessed using Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); Mini-mental state examination (MMSE); Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS-III)); and Shepard mental rotation task. RESULTS: Subjects treated with Somin-On™ showed significant improvements in immediate memory, general memory, working memory and visuospatial processing and the response assessed using WMS-III after 30 and 60 days outperforming the placebo group. Scores on the Shepard Mental Rotation test in Somin-On™ group showed a significant rise by 12.22% at 30 days and 31.67% at 60 days, from baseline. Significant improvement was observed with Somin-On™ in memory assessment scales viz. MoCA (7.83% at 30 days and 14.77% at 60 days, from baseline) and MMSE (9.26% at 30 days and 19.21% at 60 days, from baseline) compared to placebo group. CONCLUSIONS: The supplementation of Somin-On™ is an effective therapy to improve the immediate, general and working memory, as well as cognitive functions like attention and information processing speed in adults with MCI.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.003
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Randomized trial · Consensus signal: Randomized trial
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.053
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0030.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0030.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.008
GPT teacher head0.338
Teacher spread0.329 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it