Salvadora persica

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Khatak, M ^a   Khatak, S ^b   Siddqui, A ^c   Vasudeva, N ^d   Aggarwal, A ^a   Aggarwal, P ^e  

^a Ram Gopal College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b RAJ KUMAR GOEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^e PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; hypolipidemic; miswak; Salvadora persica

Indexed keywords

1 TRIACANTANOL; ALPHA THUJONES; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BENZYLAMIDE; BENZYLUREA; BETA CYMENE; BETA SANTATOL; BETA SITOSTEROL 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; BETA THUJONES; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; BUTANEDIAMIDE; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CYTELLIN; FARNESOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; N BENZYL 2 PHENYLACETAMIDE; N BENZYL BENZAMIDE; N1,N4 BIS(PHENYLMETHYL) HYDROXYBUTANEDIAMINE; OCTACOSANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SALVADORA PERSICA EXTRACT; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMENORRHEA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BARK; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; GONORRHEA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANT TAXONOMY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SALVADORA PERSICA; SALVADORACEAE; SCURVY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; STOMACH ULCER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

SALVADORA OLEOIDES; SALVADORA PERSICA;

EID: 79957539490     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.70920     Document Type: Short Survey

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