An update on Murraya koenigii Spreng: A multifunctional ayurvedic herb

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 824-833

  Gupta, Priyanka ^a   Nahata, Alok ^a   Dixit, Vinod K ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic; Medicine; Murraya; Plant extracts; Review; Rutaceae

Indexed keywords

8,8'' BISKOENIGINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AYUR; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BISMURRAYAFOLINE E; CHOLESTEROL; CONSITAP; EUCHRESTINE B; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTEALA AYURVEDIC HERBAL DRINK; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN; KOENIMBINE; KURRYAM; LINOLEIC ACID; MAHANIMBICINE; MAHANIMBINE; MAHANINE; MURRAYA KOENIGII EXTRACT; OTHOKAN MASSAGE OIL; PARACETAMOL; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; AMNESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; APPETITE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ASCITES; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; BARK; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CELL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIURESIS; DRUG FORMULATION; DYSENTERY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEVER; FLOWER; FOOD PROCESSING; FROZEN SHOULDER; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOUT; HABITAT; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLUENZA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTELLIGENCE; KIDNEY PAIN; LEUKEMIA CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY; MURRAYA; MURRAYA KOENIGII; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRURITUS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RASH; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RICKETS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN PROTECTION; STOMACH LESION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SWELLING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TRICHOMONAS; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MURRAYA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 80051742865     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20110803     Document Type: Review

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