Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus L.): Recent advances in pesearch

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 733-739

  Turker, Arzu Ucar ^a   Gurel, Ekrem ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Medicinal herb; Mullein; Scrophulariaceae; Verbascum thapsus L.

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; VERBASCUM THAPSUS EXTRACT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; FLOWER; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIGRAINE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE CULTURE; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM THAPSUS;

FLOWERS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; VERBASCUM;

SCROPHULARIACEAE; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM THAPSUS;

EID: 27644543457     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1653     Document Type: Review

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