Centella asiatica (L.): A plant with immense medicinal potential but threatened

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 9-17

  Singh, Sakshi ^a   Gautam, Asmita ^a   Sharma, Abhimanyu ^a   Batra, Amla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Centella asiatica; Perennial and ancient; Pharmacology; Threatened

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; FATTY ACID; FLAVANOID; GLYCOSIDE; TRITERPENOID;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CENTELLA ASIATICA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOLID TUMOR; STRIA; TUBERCULOSIS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79952020187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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