A review of the ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of plants of the maytenus genus

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1851-1871

  Niero, Rivaldo ^a   de Andrade, Sérgio Faloni ^a   Filho, Valdir Cechinel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiulcerogenic potential; Maytenus; Phenolic compounds; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

22ALPHA HYDROXYMYATENIN; 3BETA FRIEDELINOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA AMYRIN; BRASSICASTEROL; CAMPESTEROL; CANGORONINE; ERGOSTEROL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ILICIFOLINE; ILICIFOLINODES A; ILICIFOLINODES B; ILICIFOLINODES C; LUPENONE; LUPEOL; MAYTANBUTINE; MAYTANPRINE; MAYTENIN; MAYTENSINE; PALMITIC ACID; PRISTIMERIN; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SIMIARENOL; SITOSTEROL; SQUALENE; STIGMASTEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAZIL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; MAYTENUS; MAYTENUS ACANTHOPHYLLA; MAYTENUS AQUIFOLIUM; MAYTENUS BOARIA; MAYTENUS CANARIENSIS; MAYTENUS IMBRICATA; MAYTENUS OBTUSIFOLIA; MAYTENUS RIGIDA; MAYTENUS ROBUSTA; MAYTENUS SALICIFOLIA; MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS; MAYTENUS TRUNCATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MAYTENUS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79960325497     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161211796391029     Document Type: Review

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