The key to medicinal plants research revolves around the detection, isolation, and characterisation of antioxidants as therapeutic agents

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Misra, Meena ^a  

^a Institute of Frontier Sciences and Biotechnology   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ACALYPHA INDICA EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; AVICENNIA MARINA EXTRACT; CASIMIROA PRINGLEI EXTRACT; CATECHIN; COLCHICINE; COLCHICUM EXTRACT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; FLAVANOID; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS EXTRACT; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; KAEMPFEROL; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LAGENARIA BREVIFLORA EXTRACT; LANNEA ACIDA EXTRACT; LECTIN; MELALEUCA BRACTEATA EXTRACT; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; OLEANOLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; QUERCETIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TAXIFOLIN; UNCARIA GAMBIR EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AVICENNIA MARINA; AYURVEDA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARK; BIRD DISEASE; CASIMIROA; COCCIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; DYSENTERY; EDITORIAL; FEVER; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPOTENCE; LANNEA ACIDA; LEPROSY; LIVER TOXICITY; MEASLES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA BRACTEATA; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL HYPERPLASIA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SORE THROAT; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH ULCER; ULCER; WOUND;

EID: 73449119556     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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