Ocimum sanctum Linn. A reservoir plant for therapeutic applications: An overview

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 95-105

  Pattanayak, Priyabrata ^a   Behera, Pritishova ^b   Das, Debajyoti ^a   Panda, Sangram ^a  

^a Jeypore College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b SIKSHA O ANUSANDHAN DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; caryophyllene; eugenol; linalool; urosolic acid

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; APIGENIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CIRSIMARITIN; CIVSILINEOL; CIVSIMAVATINE; DIAZEPAM; EUGENOL; FLUMAZENIL; ISOTHYMONIN; ISOTHYMUSIN; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; ORIENTIN; PENICILLIN G; ROSAVINIC ACID; ROSMARINIC ACID; SALICYLATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VICENIN;

AMNESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; BRONCHITIS; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSENTERY; EXUDATE; EYE DISEASE; FLOWER; FOOT EDEMA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRANULOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER; TONIC SEIZURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 77955701783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09737847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.65323     Document Type: Review

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