Biological activities of yarrow species (Achillea spp.)

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 14, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 3151-3167

  Nemeth, Eva ^a   Bernath, J ^a  

^a Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Achillea; Anti inflammatory; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Essential oil; Flavonoids; Sesquiterpenes; Spasmolytic

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; APIGENIN; AZULENE DERIVATIVE; BETA PINENE; BETA THUYONE; CAROTENOID; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHAMAZULENE; CINEOLE; CYNARINE; DICLOFENAC; DITERPENOID; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUDESMANOLIDE DERIVATIVE; EUDESMOL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GAMMA MUUROLENE; GERMACRANOLIDE DERIVATIVE; GUAIANOLIDE DERIVATIVE; LIMONENE; PINENE; PLACEBO; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; T CADINOL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG; SESQUITERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ABORTION; ACHILLEA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEVER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SPASTICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGINITIS; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ACHILLEA; ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 58849086786     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161208786404281     Document Type: Review

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