Pharmacognostic standardization of Turnera aphrodisiaca Ward

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-260

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

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Aphrodisiac; Carbohydrates; Flavonoids; Glycosides; Proteins; Standardization; Turnera aphrodisiaca

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; APHRODISIAC AGENT; CALCIUM OXALATE; CARBOHYDRATE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; HEXANE; LAXATIVE; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SAPONIN; STEROID; TANNIN; TOLUENE; TURNERA APHRODISIACA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASH; KIDNEY DISEASE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGNOSY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT STEM; PLANT STOMA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRICHOME; TURNERA APHRODISIACA;

ALKALOIDS; ALKANES; CHLOROFORM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FLAVONOIDS; METHANOL; OILS, VOLATILE; PHARMACOGNOSY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; STEROIDS; TURNERA; WATER;

TURNERA DIFFUSA; TURNERACEAE;

EID: 33745864866     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.9.254     Document Type: Article

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