Larrea tridentata (Creosote bush), an abundant plant of Mexican and US-American deserts and its metabolite nordihydroguaiaretic acid

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-239

  Arteaga, Silvia ^a   Andrade Cetto, Adolfo ^a   Cárdenas, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Creosote bush; Gobernadora; Hepatotoxicity; Herbal medicine; Larrea tridentata; Nordihydroguaiaretic acid; Renal toxicity; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CREOSOTE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ETHNOBOTANY; FATIGUE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHAKOMATOSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SJOEGREN LARSSON SYNDROME; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 16244410824     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.002     Document Type: Review

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