Therapeutic potential of Pergularia daemia (Forsk.): The ayurvedic wonder

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 836-843

  Karthishwaran, K ^a   Mirunalini, S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antioxidant; Medicinal plant; Pergularia daemia; Phytochemical studies

Indexed keywords

6 (4,7 DIHYDROXYHEPTYL)QUININE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA AMYRIN; BETA AMYRIN; BETAINE; CARDENOLIDE DERIVATIVE; DICLOFENAC; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; ISORHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUPEOL; PERGULARIA DAEMIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; QUININE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SITOSTEROL; STEROID; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS; ALLERGY; ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ALOPECIA; AMENORRHEA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; BARK; BLEEDING; BRONCHITIS; CARBUNCLE; CATARACT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CONTRACEPTION; COUGHING; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSENTERY; DYSMENORRHEA; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; FRUIT; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GONORRHEA; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIA; INDIGESTION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY PAIN; LEPROSY; LEUKODERMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PERENNIAL PLANT; PERGULARIA DAEMIA; PERTUSSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLANT TAXONOMY; PROSTATITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INJURY; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH PAIN; STOMACH ULCER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETANUS; THORAX PAIN; THYROID DISEASE; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URTICARIA; UTERUS DISEASE; VITILIGO;

EID: 77958000411     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2010.836.843     Document Type: Article

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