Tamarindus indica : Extent of explored potential

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 73-81

  Bhadoriya, Santosh Singh ^a   Ganeshpurkar, Aditya ^a   Narwaria, Jitendra ^a   Rai, Gopal ^a   Jain, Alok Pal ^a  

^a Shri Ram Institute of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; antiinflammatory; antimicrobial; antioxidant; hepatoprotective; Tamarindus indica

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; ERIODICTIN; LAXATIVE; NARINGENIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROCYANIDIN; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TAMARIND EXTRACT; TAXIFOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIASTHMATIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DYSENTERY; FEVER; FLOWER; FRUIT; HELMINTHIASIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MALARIA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; TAMARIND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND HEALING;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; FABACEAE; TAMARINDUS; TAMARINDUS INDICA; VERMES;

EID: 79955100039     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.79102     Document Type: Review

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