Acorus calamus: Scientific validation of ayurvedic tradition from natural resources

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 651-666

  Mukherjee, Pulok Kumar ^a,b   Kumar, Venkatesan ^a   Mal, Mainak ^a   Houghton, Peter J ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asarone; asarone; Acorus calamus; Anticonvulsant activity; Essential oil; Rhizomes; Sweet flag

Indexed keywords

ACORAMONE; ACORONE; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ALPHA ASARONE; ASARONALDEHYDE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; AZULENE; BETA ASARONE; BETA PINENE; CALAMEONE; CALAMUSENONE; CAMPHOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CINEOLE; ELEMENE; EPISHYOBUNONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; FLAVONE; GAMMA ASARONE; HUMULENE; ISOEUGENOL; ISOSHYOBUNONE; LIMONENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PREISOCALAMENDIOL; SHYOBUNONE; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACORUS CALAMUS; AGING; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL PROTECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; ETHNOBOTANY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPOLIPEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LEARNING; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; RHIZOME; SEDATION; THORAX PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORM INFECTION;

ACORUS; ACORUS CALAMUS; ARACEAE;

EID: 34848853246     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200701538724     Document Type: Review

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