The genus Bridelia: A phytochemical and ethnopharmacological review

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-349

  Ngueyem, T A ^a   Brusotti, G ^a   Caccialanza, G ^a   Finzi, P Vita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bridelia; Drug discovery screening; Indigenous medicine; Pain treatment

Indexed keywords

BRIDELIA ATROVIRIDIS EXTRACT; BRIDELIA BALANSAE EXTRACT; BRIDELIA CRENULATA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA GRANDIS EXTRACT; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA MOONII EXTRACT; BRIDELIA NDELLENSIS EXTRACT; BRIDELIA OVATA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA RETUSA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA SCLERONEURA EXTRACT; BRIDELIA STIPULARIS EXTRACT; BRIDELIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; BRIDELON; BRIDELONINE; GALLOCATECHIN (4' O 7) EPIGALLOCATECHIN; GLOCHIDONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISOFLAVONE; LIGNAN; MYRICETIN; OVATOLIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; SAPONIN; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AMEBIASIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ASIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARK; BRIDELIA; BRIDELIA ATROVIRIDIS; BRIDELIA BALANSAE; BRIDELIA CATHARTICA; BRIDELIA CRENULATA; BRIDELIA GLAUCA; BRIDELIA GRANDIS; BRIDELIA MICRANTHA; BRIDELIA MONOICA; BRIDELIA MOONII; BRIDELIA NDELLENSIS; BRIDELIA OVATA; BRIDELIA RETUSA; BRIDELIA SCLERONEURA; BRIDELIA SCLERONEUROIDES; BRIDELIA SIAMENSIS; BRIDELIA STIPULARIS; BRIDELIA TOMENTOSA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; CONSTIPATION; CONVULSION; COUGHING; CYSTITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; DYSENTERY; EAR DISEASE; ENTEROPATHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE STERILITY; FEVER; FRUIT; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENORRHAGIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUTH DISEASE; NEMATODIASIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SYPHILIS; THRUSH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY;

BRIDELIA; PHYLLANTHACEAE;

EID: 67650690548     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.05.019     Document Type: Review

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