The genus Chenopodium: Phytochemistry, ethnopharmacology and pharmacology

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 280-306

  Kokanova Nedialkova, Zlatina ^a   Nedialkov, Paraskev T ^a   Nikolov, Stefan D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chemical constituents; Chenopodium; Folk medicine; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

CHENOPODIUM ACUMINATUM EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM AMARANTICOLOR EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM MURALE EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM QUINOA EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM RUBRUM EXTRACT; ECDYSTEROID; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHENOPODIUM ACUMINATUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHENOPODIUM AMARANTICOLOR; CHENOPODIUM MURALE; CHENOPODIUM QUINOA; CHENOPODIUM RUBRUM; GOOSEFOOT; REVIEW;

CHENOPODIUM;

EID: 77953378402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09737847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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