Medicinal uses of L-Lysine: Past and future

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 637-642

  Singh, Meenu ^a   Muralidhara Rao, D ^b   Pande, Shivansh ^c   Battu, Sowjanya ^d   Mahalakshmi, K ^d   Rajeswar Dutt, K ^d   Ramesh, M ^e  

^a NIMS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Apollo Hospitals   (India)

^d CMR college of Pharmacy   (India)

^e JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex virus (HSV); L Lysine; Migraine and osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARGININE; CALCIUM; CLONIXIN LYSINE; LYSINE; LYSINE ACETYLSALICYLATE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; LYSINE HYDROCHLORIDE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; SUMATRIPTAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENITAL HERPES; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MIGRAINE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT APHTHOUS ULCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VOMITING;

EID: 80055085567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09757538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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