The genus Turnera: A review update

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 383-391

  Kumar, Suresh ^a   Taneja, Ruchi ^a   Sharma, Anupam ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Turnera; Turnera aphrodisiaca; Turnera ulmifolia

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACT; STRYCHNINE; TURNERA APHRODISIACA EXTRACT; TURNERA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; TURNERA GUAIANENSIS EXTRACT; TURNERA PRINGEI EXTRACT; TURNERA SUBULATA EXTRACT; TURNERA TRIONIFLORA EXTRACT; TURNERA ULMIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; BALANCE DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLEEDING; BLINDNESS; BRONCHITIS; CARBUNCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSENTERY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; ENTEROPATHY; ENURESIS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FRIGIDITY; FURUNCULOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GENUS; HANGOVER; HEADACHE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INDIGESTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INFLUENZA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALARIA; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; METRORRHAGIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARALYSIS; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHINITIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SORE THROAT; STOMACH PAIN; SYPHILIS; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURNERA; VERTIGO;

TURNERA; TURNERA DIFFUSA; TURNERA ULMIFOLIA;

EID: 24744460037     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590962926     Document Type: Review

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