Chemical constituents and pharmacology of the Formosan Aristolochia species

Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-33

  Damu, Amooru G ^a   Kuo, Ping Chung ^a   Leu, Yann Lii ^a   Chan, Yu Yi ^a   Wu, Tian Shung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Aristolochia cucurbitifolia; Aristolochia elegans; Aristolochia foveolata; Aristolochia heterophylla; Aristolochia kaempferi; Aristolochia zollingeriana; Aristolochic acid derivatives; Formosan Aristolochia species; Sesquiterpenes

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICINE;

PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ALKALOID; AMIDE; APORPHINE DERIVATIVE; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; ARISTOLOLACTAM; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZYLISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHYLL; FLAVONOID; LIGNIN; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE; STEROID; TERPENE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARISTOLOCHIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG ACTIVITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0038124362     PISSN: 10161015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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