Cyperus rotundus, a substitute for Aconitum heterophyllum: Studies on the Ayurvedic concept of Abhava Pratinidhi Dravya (drug substitution)

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Venkatasubramanian, Padma ^a   Kumar K , Subrahmanya ^a   Nair, Venugopalan S N ^a  

^a Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions FRLHT   (India)

Author keywords

Abhava Pratinidhi Dravya; anti diarrheal; Ayurveda; drug substitution

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM EXTRACT; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS EXTRACT; LOPERAMIDE; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACONITUM; ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TAXONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEED;

EID: 79952976734     PISSN: 09759476     EISSN: 09762809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.59825     Document Type: Article

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