Merger of Ayurveda and tissue culture-based functional genomics: Inspirations from systems biology

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Deocaris, Custer C ^a   Widodo, Nashi ^a   Wadhwa, Renu ^a   Kaul, Sunil C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA EXTRACT; HOLARRHENA EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IMIPRAMINE; LACTONE; MUCUNA PRURIENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; PSORALEN; RAUWOLFIA EXTRACT; RESVERATROL; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHAFERINE A; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; WITHANOLIDE; WITHANONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ERGOSTEROL; WITHAFERIN A;

AMEBIASIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AYURVEDA; BACOPA MONNIERI; CELL ASSAY; COMMIPHORA; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETIC SCREENING; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOLARRHENA; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAUWOLFIA; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VELVET BEAN; VITILIGO; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENOMICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; WITHANIA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ERGOSTEROL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; WITHANIA;

EID: 42449109915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-6-14     Document Type: Review

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