Streblus asper Lour. (Shakhotaka): A review of its chemical, pharmacological and ethnomedicinal properties

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-222

  Rastogi, Subha ^a   Kulshreshtha, Dinesh K ^b   Rawat, Ajay Kumar Singh ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antifilarial; Cardiac glycosides; Moraceae; Shakhotaka; Streblus asper

Indexed keywords

ASPEROSIDE; MANSONIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SHAKHOTAKA; STREBLOSIDE; STREBLUS ASPER EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AYURVEDA; CANCER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ETHNOLOGY; FILARIASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALAYSIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SRI LANKA; STREBLUS ASPER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THAILAND; TOOTH PAIN; TROPICS;

EID: 33745683916     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel018     Document Type: Review

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