Pharmacognostical standardization of Commiphora berryi (Arn) Engl and phytochemical studies on its crude extracts

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 037-046

  Selvamani, Palanisamy ^a   Sen, Dhrubo Jyoti ^b   Gupta, Jayanta Kumar ^c  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HEMCHANDRACHARYA NORTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Burseraceae; Commiphora berryi; LS; Pharmacognostical standardization; Phytochemical studies; RLS; TLS

Indexed keywords

COMMIPHORA BERRYI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARK; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA BERRYI; FRUIT; LEAF LAMINA; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PETIOLE; PHLOEM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77953673460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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