Chemical and pharmacological aspects of the genus Cecropia

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 913-920

  Costa, Geison M ^a   Schenkel, Eloir P ^a   Reginatto, Flávio H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cecropia; Central nervous system activity; Flavonoids; Hypoglycemic activity; Hypotensive activity; Proanthocyanidins

Indexed keywords

2 ALPHA ACETYLTORMENTIC ACID; 3BETA ACETYLTORMENTIC ACID; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CECROPIA GLAZIOVII EXTRACT; CECROPIA HOLOLEUCA EXTRACT; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA EXTRACT; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA EXTRACT; CECROPIA PELTATA EXTRACT; CHLOROGENIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISOORIENTIN; ISOVITEXIN; METHANOL; ORIENTIN; SITOSTEROL; TORMENTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRONCHODILATATION; CECROPIA; CECROPIA GLAZIOVII; CECROPIA HOLOLEUCA; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA; CECROPIA PELTATA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT TAXONOMY; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA ADENOPUS; CECROPIA HOLOLEUCA; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA; CECROPIA PELTATA;

EID: 79959207643     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600637     Document Type: Review

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