Phytopharmacological importance of pelargonium species

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2587-2598

  Saraswathi, J ^a   Venkatesh, K ^a   Baburao, Nirmala ^b   Hilal, Majid Hameed ^a   Rani, A Roja ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Pelargonium; Pharmacology; Phytochemistry; Traditional system of medicine

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVANOID; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLUOROURACIL; GERANIOL; PELARGONIUM EXTRACT; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TARTARIC ACID; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABSCESS; ADDICTION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY; ANTITUBERCULAR ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BLADDER DISEASE; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; CELLULITIS; CHICKENPOX; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIZATION; DRUG USE; DRY SKIN; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSENTERY; EAR INFECTION; ECZEMA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEVER; FOOD PRESERVATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GERANIUM; HEMATURIA; HEMORRHOID; HERBAL MEDICINE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; INFLAMMATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKORRHEA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALARIA; MEASLES; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METABOLIC DISORDER; METRORRHAGIA; MUMPS; NEOPLASM; NEURALGIA; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; PELARGONIUM; PEPTIC ULCER; PHARYNGITIS; PHLEBITIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SPECIES HABITAT; STOMACH CANCER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYPHILIS; TINEA; TINEA PEDIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCER; UTERUS DISEASE; WOUND;

PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES;

EID: 79961046311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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