Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia Jack): A review on its ethnobotany and pharmacological importance

Fitoterapia

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 669-679

  Bhat, Rajeev ^a   Karim, A A ^a  

^a University Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antimalaria; Aphrodisiac; Ethnobotany; Toxicity; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

11 DEHYDROKLAINEANONE; 14,15BETA DIHYDROXYKLAINEANONE; 15BETA HYDROXYKLAINEANONE; 15BETA O ACETYL 14 HYDROXYKLAINEANONE; ALKALOID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; APHRODISIAC AGENT; DEHYDROLONGILACTONE; EURYCOLACTONE; EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; EURYCOMALACTONE; EURYCOMANONE; EURYCOMAOSIDE; LONGILACTONE; PASAKBUMIN B; QUASSINOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ETHNOBOTANY; EURYCOMA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; QUASSINS;

EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 77956704752     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2010.04.006     Document Type: Review

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