Phytochemicals as candidate therapeutics: An overview

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-55

  Tyagi, Satyanand ^a   Singh, Gunjan ^b   Sharma, Anamika ^c   Aggarwal, Gulshan ^d  

^a KNGD Modi Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research   (India)

^b RANBAXY LABORATORIES LTD   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beta carotene; Carotenoids; Phytochemicals; Phytosterols; Polyphenols; Saponins

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ANTHOCYANIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CATECHIN; DAIDZEIN; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; GENISTEIN; HESPERETIN; ISOFLAVONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGENASE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; SULFORAPHANE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOENGINEERING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CANCER RISK; CELL PROTECTION; CELL WALL; CRANBERRY; DENTAL HEALTH; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; GARLIC; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPID OXIDATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NEUROPROTECTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASODILATATION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 79952034247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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