Achillea millefolium L. s.l. revisited: Recent findings confirm the traditional use

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 157, Issue 13-14, 2007, Pages 312-314

  Benedek, Birgit ^a   Kopp, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory activity; Choleresis; Phenolic compounds; Spasmolytic activity; Yarrow

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; CHOLERETIC AGENT; ELASTASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ACHILLEA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; SHORT SURVEY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACHILLEA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LIVER DISEASES; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 34548459487     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-007-0431-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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