Phytochemical, pharmacological and ethnobotanical studies of Rhazya stricta Decne.

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 301-307

  Gilani, Syed Abdullah ^a,b   Kikuchi, Akira ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^c   Khattak, Zafar Iqbal ^b   Watanabe, Kazuo N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Ethnobotany; Pharmacology; Phytochemistry; Rhazya stricta Decne.

Indexed keywords

1 (OXO 3,4 THERO 3,4,5 TRIHYDROXY 1 PENTUL) BETA CARBOLINE; 16 EPI ISOSITSIRKINE; ADRENALIN; AKUAMMIDINE; ALKALOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; DIDEMETHOXYCARBONYLTETRAHYDROSECAMINE; DOPAMINE; GENTAMICIN; GLUTATHIONE; NERIUM OLEANDER EXTRACT; NORADRENALIN; PARACETAMOL; POLYNEURIDINE; RHAZIMANINE; RHAZIMINE; RHAZINILAM; RHAZYA STRICTA EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; SEWARINE; STEMMADENINE; STRICTANOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAHYDROSECAMINE; TETRAHYDROSECAMINEDIOL; TETRAHYDROSECAMINEDIOL DIACETATE; TRIBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALLESIACHOTAMINE;

ALLELOPATHY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG METABOLISM; ETHNOBOTANY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHAZYA STRICTA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; ASIA, WESTERN; ETHNOBOTANY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

RHAZYA STRICTA;

EID: 34247144036     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2064     Document Type: Review

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