An update on chemical composition and bioactivities of Acorus Species

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Ganjewala, Deepak ^a   Srivastava, Ashwani Kumar ^a  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acorus; Anti adipogenic; Anti inflammatory; Asarones; Insulin sensitizing; Neuroprotective

Indexed keywords

ACORUS; ACORUS CALAMUS; ACORUS GRAMINEUS; ACORUS TATARINOWII;

EID: 79960868226     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2011.182.189     Document Type: Article

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