Pharmacological evidences for the extracts and secondary metabolites from plants of the genus Hibiscus

Food Chemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Maganha, Elemar Gomes ^a   Halmenschlager, Rafael da Costa ^b   Rosa, Renato Moreira ^a   Henriques, João Antonio Pegas ^a,b   Ramos, Ana Lígia Lia de Paula ^b   Saffi, Jenifer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hibiscus; Medicinal plants; Phytotherapics

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; APHRODISIAC AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HIBISCUS ABELMOSCHUS EXTRACT; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS EXTRACT; HIBISCUS MACRANTHUS EXTRACT; HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS EXTRACT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; HIBISCUS SYRIACUS EXTRACT; HIBISCUS TAIWANENSIS EXTRACT; HIBISCUS TILIACEUS EXTRACT; HIBISCUS VITIFOLIUS EXTRACT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LAXATIVE; MENSTRUATION INDUCING AGENT; OKRA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URICOSURIC AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BARK; BEVERAGE; BIRTH CONTROL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONSTIPATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLOWER; HAIR GROWTH; HEART PROTECTION; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ABELMOSCHUS; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS; HIBISCUS MACRANTHUS; HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS; HIBISCUS SYRIACUS; HIBISCUS TAIWANENSIS; HIBISCUS TILIACEUS; HIBISCUS VITIFOLIUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OKRA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW;

HIBISCUS;

EID: 68349113775     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.04.005     Document Type: Review

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