Therapeutic value of the genus Alpinia, Zingiberaceae

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 194-201

  Victório, Cristiane P ^a  

^a Centro Universitario Estadual da Zona Oeste   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpinia; Ethnobotany; Flavonoids; Medicinal plant; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

ALPINETIN; ALPINIA CONCHIGERA EXTRACT; ALPINIA EXTRACT; ALPINIA GALANGA EXTRACT; ALPINIA PURPURATA EXTRACT; ALPINIA ZERUMBET EXTRACT; CINEOLE; FLAVONOID; KAEMPFEROL; KAWAIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINGIBERACEAE EXTRACT;

ALPINIA; ALPINIA GALANGA; ALPINIA ZERUMBET; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COLIC; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; FEVER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH LESION; URINE INCONTINENCE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 79954519454     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000025     Document Type: Article

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