Phytochemicals investigation on a tropical plant, Syzygium cumini from Kattuppalayam, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, South India

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-85

  Kumar, A ^a   Ilavarasan, R ^b   Jayachandran, T ^a   Decaraman, M ^a   Aravindhan, P ^a   Padmanabhan, N ^a   Krishnan, M R V ^a  

^a DR M G R EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSMDRIAS   (India)

Author keywords

Ethyl acetate; Methanol; Phytochemical; Syzygium cumini; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID;

ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; EUGENIA; EUGENIA JAMBOLANA; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 52949086108     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.83.85     Document Type: Article

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