Phytochemical, pharmacological and ethnobotanical studies in mango ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.; Zingiberaceae)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 507-516

  Jatoi, Shakeel Ahmad ^a,b   Kikuchi, Akira ^a   Gilani, Syed Abdullah ^a,c   Watanabe, Kazuo N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Curcuma amada Roxb.; Essential oils; Ethnobotany; Pharmacology; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALLELOPATHY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CURCUMA AMADA; GINGER; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; RHIZOME; SKIN ALLERGY; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; CURCUMA; ETHNOBOTANY; FUNGI; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CURCUMA AMADA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 34250376343     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2137     Document Type: Review

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