Orchids: A review of uses in traditional medicine, its phytochemistry and pharmacology

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 592-638

  Gutiérrez, Rosa Martha Pérez ^a  

^a NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Chemical constituents; Medicinal plant; Orchids; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

ANOECTOCHILUS FORMOSANUS EXTRACT; BLETILLA STRIATA EXTRACT; BULBOPHYLLUM KWANGTUNGENSE EXTRACT; BULBOPHYLLUM ODORATISSIMUM EXTRACT; CEPHALANCEROPSIS GRACILIS EXTRACT; CREMASTRA APPENDICULATA EXTRACT; CYMBIDIUM GOERINGII EXTRACT; CYPRIPEDIUM MACRANTHOS EXTRACT; DENDROBIUM AMOENUM EXTRACT; DENDROBIUM AURANTIACUM EXTRACT; DENDROBIUM CANDIDUM EXTRACT; DENDROBIUM CHRYSANTHUM EXTRACT; DENDROBIUM FIMBRIATUM EXTRACT; DENDROBIUM LODDIGESII EXTRACT; DENDROBIUM MONILIFORME EXTRACT; DENDROBIUM NOBILE EXTRACT; DENDROBIUM TOSAENSE EXTRACT; EPHEMERANTHA LONCHOPHYLLA EXTRACT; GALEOLA FOLIATA EXTRACT; GASTRODIA ELATA EXTRACT; GOODYERA SCHLECHTENDALIANA EXTRACT; GYMNADENIA CONOPSEA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHOLIDOTA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SPIRANTHES AUSTRALIS EXTRACT; SPIRANTHES MAURITIANUM EXTRACT; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANILLA PLANIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANOECTOCHILUS FORMOSANUS; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLETILLA STRIATA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD DISEASE; BORNHOLM DISEASE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHITIS; BULBOPHYLLUM KWANGTUNGENSE; BULBOPHYLLUM ODORATISSIMUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEPHALANCEROPSIS GRACILIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CREMASTRA APPENDICULATA; CYMBIDIUM GOERINGII; CYPRIPEDIUM MACRANTHOS; DENDROBIUM AMOENUM; DENDROBIUM AURANTIACUM; DENDROBIUM CANDIDUM; DENDROBIUM CHRYSANTHUM; DENDROBIUM FIMBRIATUM; DENDROBIUM LODDIGESII; DENDROBIUM MONILIFORME; DENDROBIUM NOBILE; DENDROBIUM TOSAENSE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; EDEMA; EPHEMERANTHA LONCHOPHYLLA; EPILEPSY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEVER; FRACTURE; FURUNCULOSIS; GALEOLA FOLIATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOODYERA SCHLECHTENDALIANA; GYMNADENIA CONOPSEA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYSTERIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMPOTENCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INSECT STING; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; NEPHRITIS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; OSTEOPENIA; OTITIS; PANIC; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PHOLIDOTA CHINENSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SARCOMA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SNAKEBITE; SPIRANTHES AUSTRALIS; SPIRANTHES MAURITIANUM; SPLEEN DISEASE; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOSIS; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VANILLA PLANIFOLIA; WOUND HEALING;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 77951899889     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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