Critical review on medicinally potent plant species: Gloriosa superba

Fitoterapia

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-301

  Jana, Sonali ^a   Shekhawat, G S ^a  

^a BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Colchicine; Ethanopharmacology; Gloriosa superba; Medicinal plant; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

2 NORCOLCHICINE; 3 DEMETHYL N DEFORMYL N DEACETYLCOLCHICINE; 3 NORCOLCHICINE; ALKALOID; COLCHICINE; COLCHICOSIDE; GLORIOSA SUPERBA EXTRACT; GLORIOSINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LUMICOLCHICINE; N FORMYLDEACETYLCOLCHICINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPERBINE; THIOCOLCHICOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; BLEEDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; GOUT; HARVESTING; HERB; IMPOTENCE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEED SET; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; ULCER; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; LILIACEAE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

GLORIOSA SUPERBA;

EID: 79951682193     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2010.11.008     Document Type: Review

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