Cissus quadrangularis L.: Phytochemicals, traditional uses and pharmacological activities - A review

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages 41-44

  Shah, Unnati ^a  

^a Pioneer Pharmacy Degree College   (India)

Author keywords

Cissus quadrangularis L.; Pharmacological activities; Phytochemistry; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

21B DIOL; 3,3',4,4' TETRA HYDROXY BIPHENYL 3,3',4,4' TETRAHYDROXYBIPHENYL; ALPHA AMYRIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIULCER AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA AMYRIN; CALCIUM ION; CAROTENE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS EXTRACT; DELTA AMYRIN; DELTA AMYRONE; KAEMPFEROL; ONOCER 7 ENE 3 ALPHA; OXOSTEROID; PHENOL; PHOSPHORUS; QUERCETIN; SITOSTEROL; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TANNIN; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

AMES TEST; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASH; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; BACKACHE; BLACK PEPPER; BLEEDING; BURN; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; CONVULSION; DECUBITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DYSPEPSIA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPILEPSY; EPISTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EYE DISEASE; FLATULENCE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; GASTRITIS; GINGER; GONORRHEA; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT BITE; INTESTINE INFECTION; LEPROSY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MILK EJECTION; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OTORRHEA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALMONELLA; SCURVY; SHOOT; SKIN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWELLING; TAMARIND; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUMOR; ULCER; WOUND;

EID: 80052681336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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