Review article Trifolium L. - A review on its phytochemical and pharmacological profile

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Sabudak, Temine ^a   Guler, Necmettin ^b  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Botany; Pharmacological profile; Phytochemistry; Trifolium

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISOFLAVONOID; QUERCETIN; RED CLOVER EXTRACT; SOYASAPONIN I; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CLOVER; DRUG MECHANISM; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NEURALGIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RED CLOVER; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WHITE CLOVER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MENOPAUSE; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALIA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ISOFLAVONES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENOPAUSE; QUERCETIN; SAPONINS; SEEDS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 61449180131     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2709     Document Type: Review

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