Anti-inflammatory compounds from medicinal plant Ruta graveolens

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 756, Issue , 2007, Pages 389-398

  Das, H ^a   Raghav, S ^a   Gupta, B ^a   Das, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Medicinal plants; Nitric oxide; Ruta graveolens; TNF

Indexed keywords

ADONIS VERNALIS; BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA SERRATA; MURINAE; QUASSIA; QUASSIA AMARA; RUTA; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; RUTACEAE;

EID: 70449392810     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.756.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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