Cancer - An ayurvedic perspective

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-30

  Balachandran, Premalatha ^a   Govindarajan, Rajgopal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Cancer; Herbal; Medicine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETOGENIN; AMORPHOPALLUS CAMPANULATUS EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BALIOSPERMUM MONTANUM EXTRACT; BARLERIA PRIONITIS EXTRACT; BASELLA RUBRA EXTRACT; BULLATACIN; CURCUMA DOMESTICA EXTRACT; DITERPENE; FICUS BENGALENSIS EXTRACT; FLACOURTIA ROMANTCHI EXTRACT; MADHUCA INDICA EXTRACT; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; OXOXYLUM INDICUM EXTRACT; PANDAMUS ODORATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PIPER LONGUM EXTRACT; PIPERINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLIN; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN DERIVATIVE; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM EXTRACT; PTEROSPERMUM ACERIFOLIUM EXTRACT; RAPHANUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMORPHOPALLUS CAMPANULATUS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANNONA ATEMOYA; ANNONA MURICATA; ANOREXIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BALIOSPERMUM MONTANUM; BARLERIA PRIONITIS; BASELLA RUBRA; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; COMA; CONSTIPATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CURCUMA DOMESTICA; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DYSPNEA; EPISTAXIS; FICUS BENGALENSIS; FLACOURTIA ROMANTCHI; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAPE; HEMORRHOID; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY INJURY; LETHARGY; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOMA; MADHUCA INDICA; MEDICINAL PLANT; METASTASIS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; OXOXYLUM INDICUM; PANDAMUS ODORATISSIMUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PIPER LONGUM; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPIS CINERARIA; PTEROSPERMUM ACERIFOLIUM; RADISH; REVIEW; SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH DISEASE; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; ULCER; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URTICARIA; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VOMITING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; NEOPLASMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 7044249880     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2004.04.010     Document Type: Review

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