Chemotaxonomic clarification of pharmaceutically important species of Cyperus L.

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-75

  Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Sultana, Shazia ^a   Jan, Gul ^a   Ahmad, Farooq ^b   Jabeen, Asma ^c   Shah, Ghulam Mujtaba ^a   Shaheen, Shabnum ^d   Shah, Amin ^e   Nazir, Abdul ^a   Marwat, Sarfaraz Khan ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d LAHORE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomic; Cyperus L.; Pharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

CYPERUS ALOPECUROIDES EXTRACT; CYPERUS DIFFORMIS EXTRACT; CYPERUS NIVEUS EXTRACT; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ALOPECUROIDES; CYPERUS DIFFORMIS; CYPERUS NIVEUS; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG PURITY; DRUG QUALITY; ECZEMA; EPILEPSY; EYE DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POWDER; PSYCHOSIS; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PRURITUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 79952227909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajpp10.254     Document Type: Article

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