Pharmacological actions and potential uses of Trigonella foenum-graecum: A review

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 29-38

  Toppo, Fedelic Ashish ^a   Akhand, Rachna ^a   Pathak, A K ^a  

^a BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Pharmacology; Potential uses; Review; Trigonella foenum graecum

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYISOLEUCINE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CATALASE; CATECHIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLAVONOID; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INSULIN; OMEPRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PTEROCARPUS ARSUPIUM EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; SALICYLATE SODIUM; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIC ACID;

ABSCESS; ALLERGY; ANEMIA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANOREXIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; DANDRUFF; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG MECHANISM; EDEMA; EYE SWELLING; FACIAL ANGIOEDEMA; FENUGREEK; FEVER; FURUNCULOSIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD NUMBNESS; HEARTBURN; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LD 50; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MUCUS SECRETION; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PROSTATE CANCER; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SORE THROAT; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH ULCER; SYNCOPE; TOXICITY; ULCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS DISEASE; WATER RETENTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 77953391731     PISSN: 09742441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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