Pharmacological properties of seven medicinal plants of the Rubiaceae from Mauritius

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 202-207

  Pedersen, Ole ^a   Gurib Fakim, Ameenah ^b   Subratty, Hussein ^b   Adsersen, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Mauritius; Pharmacological activity; Plant extracts; Rubiaceae

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEA BORBONICA EXTRACT; CHASSALIA CORIACEA EXTRACT; DANAIS FRAGANS EXTRACT; GAERTNERA PSYCHOTRIOIDES EXTRACT; MUSSAENDA ARCUATA EXTRACT; MUSSAENDA LANDIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; MAURITIUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAEDERIA FOETIDA; RUBIACEAE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALIA; ANTIRHEA BORBONICA; CHASSALIA; DANAIS; GAERTNERA PSYCHOTRIOIDES; MAURITIUS; MUSSAENDA; MUSSAENDA ARCUATA; PAEDERIA FOETIDA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0032707193     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.3.202.6300     Document Type: Article

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