Morinda citrifolia (Noni): A literature review and recent advances in Noni research

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1127-1141

  Wang, Mian Ying ^a   West, Brett J ^b   Jensen, C Jarakae ^b   Nowicki, Diane ^c   Su, Chen ^b   Palu, Afa K ^b   Anderson, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Department of R and D   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cancer prevention; Morinda citrifolia L; Noni; Proxeronine; Selective COX 2 inhibitor; Xeronine; Yin Yang

Indexed keywords

1 METHOXY 2 FORMYL 3 HYDROXYANTHRAQUINONE; ALIZARIN; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAROTENE; CELECOXIB; CISPLATIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DAMNACANTHAL; DOXORUBICIN; FLAVONE; FLUOROURACIL; GLYCOSIDE; INDOMETACIN; LINOLEIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PACLITAXEL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROXERONINE; RETINOL; RUTOSIDE; SCOPOLETIN; SITOSTEROL; TAHITIAN NONI JUICE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; VINCRISTINE; XERONINE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AGING; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HEARING; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PAIN; POLYNESIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MORINDA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YIN-YANG;

EID: 0036902226     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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