Argyreia speciosa (Linn. f.) sweet: A comprehensive review

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 172-178

  Galani, V ^a   Patel, B ^a   Patel, N ^a  

^a AR Patel and GH Patel Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant activity; antioxidant activity; Argyreia speciosa; central nervous depressant activity; immunomodulatory activity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIULCER AGENT; APHRODISIAC AGENT; ARGYREIA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; BEHENIC ACID; CYTELLIN; EPIFRIEDELINOL; ERGOMETRINE; HEXADECANYL 4 HYDROXYCINNAMATE; KAEMPFEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; NEUROTROPIC AGENT; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SCOPOLETIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARGYREIA SPECIOSA; ARTHRITIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWI; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM DEMATIUM; CONVOLVULACEAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERTILITY; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPHOMYCETES; IMPOTENCE; KLEBSIELLA; LD 50; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PETIOLE; PHLOEM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANT STOMA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRICHOME; XYLEM;

ARGYREIA NERVOSA;

EID: 79957579077     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.70913     Document Type: Review

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