Antioxidant approach to disease management and the role of 'Rasayana' herbs of Ayurveda

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-178

  Govindarajan, R ^a   Vijayakumar, M ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ayurveda; Panchkarma; Rasayana

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; CYNODON DACTYLON EXTRACT; DESMODIUM GANGETICUM EXTRACT; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; EMBLICANIN A; EMBLICANIN B; EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES EXTRACT; GLABRIDIN; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; HYGROPHILA AURICULATA EXTRACT; KUMARI ASAVA; KUTKIN; MUCUNA PRURIENS EXTRACT; PEDUNCULAGIN; PICRORHIZA KURROA EXTRACT; PIPER BRACHYSTACHYUM EXTRACT; PIPER CUBEBA EXTRACT; PIPER LONGUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; PROBUCOL; PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA EXTRACT; PUNIGLUCONIN; RACEMOFURAN; RASAYANA; SEMICARPUS ANACARDIUM EXTRACT; SIDA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLEEDING; BRONCHITIS; CANCER; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSURIA; EPILEPSY; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; IMPOTENCE; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASE; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOPHRENIA; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SORE THROAT; SPLENOMEGALY; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VOMITING; WORM INFECTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 19444381010     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.035     Document Type: Review

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