Andrographis paniculata: A review of pharmacological activities and clinical effects

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-77

  Akbar, Shahid ^a,b  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Author keywords

Andrographis; Andrographolides; Colds; Hepaloprotection; Hepatic; Liver; Respiratory; URTI

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHOLIDE; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 2C; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PROGESTERONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AUTACOID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANOREXIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BURN; CARBUNCLE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; ECZEMA; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERTILITY; FEVER; FURUNCULOSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GONORRHEA; HEART INFARCTION; HEPATITIS B; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LARYNGITIS; LEPROSY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MUMPS; NEURODERMATITIS; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHARYNGOLARYNGITIS; PHARYNGOTONSILITIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SCABIES; SHIGELLA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SNAKEBITE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TONSILLITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; ULCER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERINE CERVIX EROSION; VAGINITIS; ANDROGRAPHIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM;

ANDROGRAPHIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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