Traditional practice, bioactivities and commercialization potential of Elephantopus scaber Linn

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1212-1221

  Ho, Wan Yong ^a   Ky, Huynh ^a,b   Yeap, Swee Keong ^a   Rahim, Raha Abdul ^a   Omar, Abdul Rahman ^a   Ho, Chai Ling ^a   Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Anticancer; Deoxyelephantopin; Elephantopus scaber Linn

Indexed keywords

11,13 DIHYDRODEOXYELEPHANTOPIN; 17,19 DIHYDRODEOXYELEPHANTOPIN; ALKALOID; AURONE; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; COPAENE; CYCLOSATIVENE; DEOXYELEPHANTOPIN; DOTRIACONTAN I 01; ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER EXTRACT; ELESCABERIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHYL 9 OCTADECENOATE; ETHYL 9,12 OCTADECADIENOATE; ETHYLHEXADECANOATE; ETHYLOCTADECANOATE; FATTY ACID ESTER; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISODEOXYELEPHANTOPIN; ISOSCABERTOPIN; LUPEOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SCABERTOPIN; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; STIGMASTEROL; STIGMASTEROL GLUCOSIDE; TRIACONTAN I 01; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; AYURVEDA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARK; BLADDER STONE; BRONCHITIS; CHAPPED LIPS; CHICKENPOX; COLIC; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIURESIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DYSENTERY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSURIA; ECZEMA; EJACULATION DISORDER; ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER; FEVER; FILARIASIS; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GONORRHEA; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEUCORRHOEA; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SPERMATORRHEA; STOMACH PAIN; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TETANUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCER; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VIRUS INFECTION; WOUND;

ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER;

EID: 75649101761     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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