Ethnobotanical and pharmacological study of Alstonia (Apocynaceae) - A review

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1394-1403

  Pratyush, Kumar ^a   Misra, Chandra Shekhar ^a   James, Joel ^a   Lipin Dev, M S ^a   Veettil, Arun Kumar Thaliyil ^a   Thankamani, V ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alstonia boonei; Alstonia scholaris; Folkloric; Pharmacological; Review

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALSTONIA BOONEI EXTRACT; ALSTONIA EXTRACT; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; ALSTONINE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETULIN; BISINDOLE; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; BUTYLCRESOL; CHLOROQUINE; CORIALSTONIDINE; CORIALSTONINE; DICLOFENAC; DITAMINE; GLIMEPIRIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MACRALSTONINE; MACROCARPAMINE; O ACETYLMACRALSTONINE; O METHYLMACRALSTONINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLEIOCARPAMINE; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; VERAPAMIL; VILLALSTONINE;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA BOONEI; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSENTERY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEVER; HERBICIDAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LUNG CANCER; MALARIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH ULCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VASODILATATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80051909570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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