Woodfordia fruticosa: Traditional uses and recent findings

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-199

  Das, Pratap K ^a   Goswami, Suchandra ^a   Chinniah, Annalakshmi ^a   Panda, Nilendu ^a   Banerjee, Sukdeb ^a   Sahu, Niranjan P ^a   Achari, Basudeb ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Chemical constituents; Medicinal plant; Traditional uses; Woodfordia fruticosa

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BERGENIN; BETULIC ACID; BETULIN; DRUG METABOLITE; ELLAGIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; HECOGENIN; ISOSCHIMAWALIN A; LAWSONE; LUPEOL; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NORBERGENIN; OENOTHEIN A; OLEANOLIC ACID; PELARGONIDIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SALBUTAMOL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; WOODFORDIN A; WOODFORDIN B; WOODFORDIN C; WOODFORDIN D; WOODFORDIN F;

ANEMIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DYSENTERY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FLOWER; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; LYTHRACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH PLAQUE; TROPICAL SPRUE; ULCER; UTERUS BLEEDING; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA;

ANTHRAQUINONES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TANNINS; WOODFORDIA;

LYTHRACEAE; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 33847111060     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.12.029     Document Type: Review

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