Liverworts-potential source of medicinal compounds

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 14, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 3067-3088

  Asakawa, Y ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti obesity; Aroma; Bitterness; Cytotoxicity; Liverwort; Marchantiophyta; Phenolics; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; ACETOGENIN; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIBENZYL DERIVATIVE; BORNYL ACETATE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DITERPENOID; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; GEOSMIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ISOCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIDE DERIVATIVE; PLAGIOCHILINE A; POLYGODIAL; SABINENE; SACCULATAL; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; SQUALENE; STIGMASTEROL; TAMARISCOL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DRUG; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TERPENE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GROWTH REGULATION; HORNWORT; HUMAN; LIVERWORT; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; ODOR; SKIN ALLERGY;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HEPATOPHYTA; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ODORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TERPENES;

EID: 57349180338     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161208786404272     Document Type: Review

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