Indian medicinal plants as a source of antimycobacterial agents

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-234

  Gautam, Raju ^a   Saklani, Arvind ^a   Jachak, Sanjay M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial activity; Ayurveda; Ethnomedicine; Indian medicinal plants; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

11,13 DIHYDROISOALANTOLACTONE; 3 FORMYLCARBAZOLE; 3BETA HYDROXYSANDARACOPIMERIC ACID; ALANTOLACTONE; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMBROXOL; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; BROMHEXINE; CAJANIN; CLAUSZOLINE; DENTATIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; HINOKINOL; INDICANINE B; INDICANINE C; ISOALANTOLACTONE; JUNIPEREXELSIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; MANGIFERIN; MUKONAL; MURRAYANINE; NORDENTATIN; SANDRACOPIMARIC ACID; SCLAREOL; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VISICINE; XANTHOXYLETIN;

ABRUS; ACHILLEA; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; ACORUS CALAMUS; ACTAEA SPICATA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; ADHATODA VASICA; AEGLE MARMELOS; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; AGAVE AMERICANA; AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN; ALFALFA; ALOE VERA; ALPINIA GALANGA; ALTHAEA LUDWIGII; ALTHAEA ROSEA; AMMANNIA BACCIFERA; AMMI VISNAGA; ANEMONE OBTUSILOBA; ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA; ANNONA GLABRA; ANNONA MURICATA; ANNONA PALUSTRIS; ANTHEMIS COTULA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA; ARTOCARPUS LAKOOCHA; ASPARAGUS; AYURVEDA; BEET; BERBERIS VULGARIS; BETEL NUT; BIDENS PILOSA; BRASSICA NIGRA; BROMUS RUBENS; BROMUS SCOPARIUS; BRUCEA JAVANICA; BUXUS PAPILLOSA; CANSCORA DECUSSATA; CARROT; CEDRUS DEODARA; CELERY; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHENOPODIUM AMBROISIODES; CHENOPODIUM BOTRYS; CHIVE; COPTIS TEETA; CROTON TIGLIUM; CURCUMA MURICATUS; DELONIX REGIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; FICUS CITRIFOLIA; FRAGARIA VESCA; FRAXINUS HOOKERI; FUMARIA OFFICINALIS; GALIUM APARINE; GARLIC; HELIANTHUS ANNUS; HIBISCUS SYRIACUS; HIBISCUS TRIONUM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMULUS LUPULUS; HYPERICUM CALYCINUM; HYPERICUM CONDIFOLIUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; INSULA RACEMOSA; IPOMOEA MURICATUM; JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; LEMNA MINOR; LIPPIA ALBA; LUFFA CYLINDRICA; MAESA MACROPHYLLA; MALLOTUS PHILIPPENSIS; MALVA ROTUNDIFOLIA; MAMMAEA AMERICANA; MANGO; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MENTHA PIPERITA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OKRA; PAPAYA; REVIEW; SQUASH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TURNIP;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33847195759     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.12.031     Document Type: Review

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