Hepatoprotective medicinal plants of Ayurveda- A review

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Kshirsagar, A D ^a,b,c   Mohite, R ^a,b,c   Aggrawal, A S ^a,b,c   Suralkar, U R ^a,b,c  

^a DR D Y PATIL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Indira College of Pharmacy   (India)

^c AISSMS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic formulation; Hepatic disorder; Hepatoprotective herbs

Indexed keywords

ACILVAN; ADLIV 75; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMLYCURE; BILIGEN; CAROTENOID; COUMARIN; DITERPENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; HEFIAYE; HEPA 10; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; LIV 52; LIVARIN; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; LIVEX; LIVIN; LIVODIN; LIVOL; NEOLIV 100; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SULIV; SYLIV; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ACANTHACEAE; AEGICERATACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ASCLEPIADACEAE; AYURVEDA; BARK; BERBERIDACEAE; COMPOSITAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; EUPHORBIA; FLACOURTIACEAE; FLOWER; FRUIT; FUMARIACEAE; GENTIANACEAE; LABIATAE; LEGUME; LIVER PROTECTION; LYTHRACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; MORACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; NONHUMAN; NYCTAGINACEAE; PINACEAE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; POACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; REVIEW; RHIZOME; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SOLANCEAE; UMBELLULARIA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 79960085916     PISSN: 09742441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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