Bauhinia purpurea linn.: A review of its ethnobotany, phytochemical and pharmacological profile

Research Journal of Medicinal Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-431

  Kumar, T ^a   Chandrashekar, K S ^b  

^a RUNGTA COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Pharmacognosy   (India)

Author keywords

Bauhinia purpurea; Pharmacology; Phyto chemistry

Indexed keywords

(4' HYDROXY 7 METHYL 3 C ALPHA LEVO RHAMPYRANOSYL) 5 C 5 (4' HYDROXY 7 METHYL 3 C ALPHA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL); 5,6 DIHYDROXY 7 METHOXYFLAVONE 6 O B DEXTRO XYLOPYRANOSIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ASTRAGALIN; BAUHINIA PURPUREA EXTRACT; BAUHINIASTATIN 1; BAUHINIASTATIN 2; BAUHINIASTATIN 3; BIBENZYL DERIVATIVE; BIOFLAVONOID; BIS[3',4' DIHYDROXY 6 METHOXY 7,8 FURANO 5,6' MONOMETHYLALLOXY] 5 C 5 BIFLAVONYL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DIBENZOOXEPIN; FATTY ACID; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OXEPINE DERIVATIVE; PACHARIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOL; PHYTOSTEROL; SAPONIN; SITOSTEROL; THYROID HORMONE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BARK; BAUHINIA PURPUREA; DECIDUOUS PLANT; DRUG STRUCTURE; ETHNOBOTANY; FLOWER; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BAUHINIA PURPUREA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78649428538     PISSN: 18193455     EISSN: 21517924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2011.420.431     Document Type: Review

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