A review of plant species used to treat conjunctivitis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-22

  Sharma, Poonam ^a   Singh, Gian ^a  

^a INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Conjunctivitis; Ethnomedicine; Herbal remedies; Siddha

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ALANGIUM SALVIFOLIUM EXTRACT; ASPILIA MOSSAMBICENSIS EXTRACT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA EXTRACT; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS EXTRACT; CATHARANTHUS PUSILLUS EXTRACT; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; CELOSIA ARGENTEA EXTRACT; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CHUQUIRAGA ATACAMENSIS EXTRACT; CICHORIUM INTYBUS EXTRACT; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA EXTRACT; CROSSANDRA BUNTINGII EXTRACT; CUMINUM CYMINUM EXTRACT; ECLIPTA ALBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PERISTROPHE PANICULATA EXTRACT; PESCHIERA CYMOSA EXTRACT; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM EXTRACT; PHILODENDRON MEGALOPHYLUM EXTRACT; PLUMERIA ACUTIFOLIA EXTRACT; RHAZYA STRICTA EXTRACT; STROBILANTHES FLACCIDIFOLIUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERMONANTHURA PATENS EXTRACT; ZALEYA GOVINDIA EXTRACT;

AFRICA; ASIA; BLINDNESS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; CORNEA DISEASE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; EPIDEMIC; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MARIGOLD; MEDICINAL PLANT; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0036165016     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1076     Document Type: Review

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