Rubus - A review of its phytochemical and pharmacological profile

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-436

  Rocabado, Guillermo Omar ^a   Bedoya, Luis Miguel ^a   Abad, María José ^a   Bermejo, Paulina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pharmacology; Phytochemistry; Rubus

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; STEROID; TANNIN; TERPENOID;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; ROSACEAE; RUBUS; RUBUS APELATUS; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; RUBUS CHINGII; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS; RUBUS IDAEUS; RUBUS IMPERIALIS; RUBUS SUAVISSIMUS; RUBUS ULMIFOLIUS; SEDATION; SPASMOLYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ROSACEAE; ROSOIDEAE; RUBUS;

EID: 77951261642     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300319     Document Type: Review

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