Investigations of the Malagasy species Tachiadenus longiflorus Grisebach (Gentianaceae): Linking chemical finding and traditional usage

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 456-458

  Randrianarivelojosia, M ^a,b   Langlois, A ^b   Mulholland, D A ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gentianaceae; Madagascar; Oleanolic acid; Scoparone; Scopoletin; Tachiadenus longiflorus

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN; LAXATIVE; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPARONE; SCOPOLETIN; TACHIADENUS LONGIFLORUS EXTRACT; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG USE; GENTIANACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES; TACHIADENUS LONGIFLORUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

GENTIANACEAE; MADAGASCAR; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY;

GENTIANACEAE; TACHIADENUS LONGIFLORUS;

EID: 33646087206     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.09.044     Document Type: Article

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