Terminalia arjuna Wight & Arn.-A useful drug for cardiovascular disorders

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-129

  Dwivedi, Shridhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anti ischemic; Dyslipidemia; Flavonoids; Terminalia arjuna

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; ARJUNIC ACID; ARJUNOLONE; ARJUNOSIDE I; ARJUNOSIDE II; ARJUNOSIDE III; ARJUNOSIDE IV; BICALEIN; CYANIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; LUTEOLIN; MINERAL; PELARGONIDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; QUERCETIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT; TERMINIC ACID; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BARK; BLOOD TOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONSTIPATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIURESIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GASTRITIS; HABITAT; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HEART PROTECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INOTROPISM; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MUTAGENESIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGNOSY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TERMINALIA;

ANGINA; ANIMALIA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA;

EID: 35148884314     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.003     Document Type: Review

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