Pharmacognostical studies on the roots of Clerodendrum serratum

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 362-368

  Narayanan, N ^a   Thirugnanasambantham, P ^a   Viswanathan, S ^a,d   Sukumar, E ^b   Jeyaraman, P ^c  

^a MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Ctrl Research Institute for Siddha   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^d Institute of Pharmacology   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Clerodendrum serratum; Premna herbacea; Siddha; Sirutekku

Indexed keywords

BHARANGI; PLANT EXTRACT; SIRUTEKKU;

ARTICLE; CLERODENDRUM SERRATUM; DRUG FORMULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT ROOT; VERBENACEAE;

CLERODENDRUM; PREMNA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0037709308     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.5.362.8454     Document Type: Article

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