Fascinating metabolic pools of Pelargonium sidoides and Pelargonium reniforme, traditional and phytomedicinal sources of the herbal medicine Umckaloabo®

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 9-17

  Kolodziej, Herbert ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coumarins; EPs 7630; Pelargonium reniforme; Pelargonium sidoides; Phenols

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 5,6,7 TRIMETHOXYCOUMARIN; 6,7 DIOXYGENATION; 6,7,8 TRIHYDROXYCOUMARIN; 8 HYDROXY 5,6,7 TRIMETHOXYCOUMARIN; ARTELIN; ASTRAGALIN; CAFFEIC ACID; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; EPS 7630; FERULIC ACID; FLAVONOID; FRAXINOL; GALLIC ACID; GALLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; GLUCOSIDE; ISOFRAXETIN; ISOQUERCITRIN; PELARGONIIN; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME EXTRACT; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOTOCATECHUIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SCOPOLETIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UMCKALIN; UMCKALOABO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANILLIC ACID;

DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HERBAL MEDICINE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOMEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COUMARINS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PELARGONIUM; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

PELARGONIUM RENIFORME; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES;

EID: 33846827222     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.11.021     Document Type: Review

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