Phytochemical and biological preliminary study of Himatanthus drasticus (Mart.) Plumel (Janaguba)

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 73-77

  Colares, A V ^a   Cordeiro, L N ^b   Costa, J G M ^a   Silveira, E R ^c   Campos, A R ^a   Cardoso, A H ^a  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina de Juazeiro do Norte   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Himatanthus drasticus; Janaguba; Lupeol; Pharmacological study

Indexed keywords

CINNAMIC ACID; HIMATANTHUS DRASTICUS EXTRACT; LUPEOL; LUPEOL CINNAMATE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; HIMATANTHUS DRASTICUS; HOT PLATE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHALITY; LETHALITY TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; WRITHING TEST;

EID: 69749121397     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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