A review on Cressa cretica Linn.: A halophytic plant

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 161-166

  Priyashree, S ^a   Jha, S ^b   Pattanayak, S ^b  

^a Government Pharmacy Institute   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cressa cretica; holophytic; review

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICAFFEOYLQUINIC ACID; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; APHRODISIAC AGENT; CRESSA CRETICA EXTRACT; EDIBLE OIL; EXPECTORANT AGENT; ISOCHLOROGENIC ACID; KAEMPFEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; RUTOSIDE; SCOPOLETIN; SYRINGARESINOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; CRESSA CRETICA; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

CRESSA CRETICA; RATTUS;

EID: 79957549067     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.70910     Document Type: Review

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