Asparagus racemosus-Ethnopharmacological evaluation and conservation needs

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Bopana, Nishritha ^a   Saxena, Sanjay ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Asparagus racemosus; Conservation; Immunostimulant; Phytoestrogen; Shatavarin

Indexed keywords

ABANA; ASPARAGAMINE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; BR 16A; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DIABECON; ESTROGEN; EUMIL; EVECARE; GERIFORTE; HIMPLASIA; INTERLEUKIN 1; LUKOL; MENOSAN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OCHRATOXIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RACEMOSOL; RANITIDINE; RICALEX; SARSASAPOGENIN; SHATAVARIN; SIOTONE; STYPLON; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; U 3107; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ASPARAGUS; AYURVEDA; DIARRHEA; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSPEPSIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

ASPARAGUS PLANT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ASPARAGACEAE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS;

EID: 33846853497     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.01.001     Document Type: Review

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