Pongamia pinnata L: A comprehensive review

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2283-2290

  Arote, S R ^a   Yeole, P G ^b  

^a SANJIVANI COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Karanj; Phytoconstituents; Pongamia pinnata; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; FLAVONOID; GALBONE; GAMMATIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAEMPFEROL; KANJONE; KANUGIN; KARANGIN; KARANJIN; PINNATIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PONGAFLAVANOL; PONGAGALABRONE; PONGAGALLONE A; PONGAGALLONE B; PONGAGLABOL; PONGAGLABRONE; PONGALABOL; PONGAMIA PINNATA EXTRACT; PONGAMOL; PONGAPIN; QUERCETIN; TUNICATACHALCONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTILIPIDPEROXIDATIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BRONCHITIS; CHOLERA; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSPEPSIA; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLATULENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INFLAMMATION; LEPROSY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NOOTROPIC ACTIVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PONGAMIA PINNATA; RENAL PROTECTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STOMACH ULCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION; WHITE SPOT SYNDROME VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 78249269768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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