The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) - Phytochemical and therapeutic profile

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-422

  Mukherjee, Pulok K ^a,b   Mukherjee, Debajyoti ^a   Maji, Amal K ^a   Rai, S ^a   Heinrich, Michael ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

N. Nucifera; Pharmacological; Phytochemical; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ARMEPAVINE; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DAURICINE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GLYCOSIDE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; IRON; LIENSININE; MAGNESIUM; NEFERINE; NELUMBO NUCIFERA EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VITAMIN; ZINC; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLERA; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTRACEPTION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSURIA; ENTERITIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPISTAXIS; EXHAUSTION; FEVER; FLOWER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERMINATION; HALITOSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LEPROSY; LEUKORRHEA; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LOTUS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RHIZOME; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER; VOMITING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; NELUMBO; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT; RAT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; NELUMBO; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS;

EID: 66449094653     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp/61.04.0001     Document Type: Review

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