Shilajit: A review

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-405

  Agarwal, Suraj P ^a   Khanna, Rajesh ^a,b   Karmarkar, Ritesh ^a   Anwer, Md Khalid ^a   Khar, Roop K ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptogen; Ayurvedic rasayan; Humic substances; Shilajit

Indexed keywords

3,8 DIHYDROXYDIBENZO ALPHA PYRONE; 4' METHOXY 6 CARBOMETHOXYBIPHENYL; ALBUMINOID; AMINO ACID; APHRODISIAC AGENT; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZO ALPHA PYRONE; ELLAGIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FULVIC ACID; GUM ARABIC; HIPPURIC ACID; ICHTHAMMOL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; RESIN; SHILAJEET; STEROL; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AYURVEDA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG PURIFICATION; EDEMA; EPILEPSY; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HUMUS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INDIA; JAUNDICE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOSS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; ROCK; SCIENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; STRESS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; REJUVENATION; RESINS, PLANT;

EID: 34248208780     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2100     Document Type: Review

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