Naga chilli: A potential source of capsaicinoids with broad-spectrum ethnopharmacological applications

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Meghvansi, M K ^a   Siddiqui, S ^b   Khan, Md Haneef ^a   Gupta, V K ^a   Vairale, M G ^a   Gogoi, H K ^a   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a Defence R D Organization   (India)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anticancer therapy; Antioxidant; Capsaicinoids; Ethnopharmacological applications; Naga chilli; Pain therapy

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CAPSAICINOID; CAPSICUM CHINENSE EXTACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PEPPER EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANHIDROSIS; ANOREXIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ASCARIASIS; ASCITES; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; CAPSICUM CHINENSE; CHRONIC PAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; COLIC; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; CROP MANAGEMENT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIARRHEA; DOG BITE; DRUG MARKETING; DYSENTERY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; EMPHYSEMA; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTERITIS; EPILEPSY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; FLOWER; FRUIT; FURUNCULOSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMPLASM; HEADACHE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPOTENCE; INDIA; MALARIA; MUMPS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYALGIA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PEPPER; PEPTIC ULCER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PSORIASIS; RASH; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; STOMACH PAIN; THERMOREGULATION; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VAGINITIS; WOUND;

CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM CHINENSE; HARNESS;

EID: 77957771961     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.034     Document Type: Review

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