Secondary metabolites and bioactivities of Myrtus communis

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 325-329

  Nassar, Mahmoud I ^a   Aboutabl, El Sayed A ^b   Ahmed, Rania F ^a   El Khrisy, Ezzel Din A ^a   Ibrahim, Khaled M ^b   Sleem, Amany A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory; Antihyperglycemic; antinociceptive; LD50; Myrtus communis; Volatile oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GALLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; METFORMIN; METHANOL; MYRICETIN; MYRICETIN 3 O BETA GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; MYRICETIN 3 O DELTA RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE; MYRTLE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LD 50; LETHALITY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

EID: 78951492764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.75449     Document Type: Article

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