Cassia occidentalis L.: A review on its ethnobotany, phytochemical and pharmacological profile

Fitoterapia

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-230

  Yadav, J P ^a   Arya, Vedpriya ^a   Yadav, Sanjay ^a   Panghal, Manju ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Dhankhar, Seema ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Cassia occidentalis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BONNISAN; CARBOHYDRATE; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FATTY ACID; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FUNICULOSIN; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HERBOLAX; MANNITOL; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RESIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CAESALPINIA; CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS; CONSTIPATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNOBOTANY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOWER; FRUIT; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; LC 50; LETHARGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LOOSE FECES; MALARIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; WEAKNESS; WEED; AYURVEDA; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SENNA; TOXICITY;

ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SENNA PLANT;

ALOE; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 77950542026     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2009.09.008     Document Type: Review

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