Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) Loud.: A review on its ethnobotany, phytochemical and pharmacological profile

Pharmacognosy Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 12-17

  Chaudhary, Amrendra Kumar ^a,b   Ahmad, Shamim ^c   Mazumder, Avijit ^d  

^a UTTARAKHAND TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SHOBHIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Translam Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research   (India)

^d NOIDA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cedrus deodara; Ethnomedicinal; Phytochemical; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

6 METHYLDIHYDROMYRICETIN; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA HIMACHOLONE; AMPELOPSIN; ATLANTONE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BENZOFURANOID NEO LINGAM; BERATING; BETA HIMACHOLONE; BETA PINENE; CEDEODARIN; CEDRUS DEODARA EXTRACT; DEODARDIONE; DEODARIN; DEODARONE; DIBENZYLBUTYROLACTOL; DICLOFENAC; ISOHEMACHOLONE; ISOPIMPILLIN; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; LIMONENECARBOXYLIC ACID; MATAIRESINOL; MYRCENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SESQUITERPENE; TAXIFOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WIKSTROMAL;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSPEPSIA; EDEMA; ELEPHANTIASIS; EPILEPSY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; HICCUP; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; LEUKODERMA; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRURITUS; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 80053180312     PISSN: 09753575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5530/pj.2011.23.2     Document Type: Review

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