An updated review on medicinal herb genus spilanthes

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1170-1178

  Tiwari, Kishan Lal ^a   Jadhav, Shailesh Kumar ^a   Joshi, Veenu ^a  

^a PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Herbal drugs; Medicine; Plant extracts; Review; Spilanthes ; Spilanthol; Traditional

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMIDE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SESQUITERPENE; SPILANTHES ACMELLA EXTRACT; SPILANTHES AMERICANA EXTRACT; SPILANTHES CALVA EXTRACT; SPILANTHES PANICULATA EXTRACT; SPILANTHOL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DYSENTERY; ECCHYMOSIS; HEADACHE; INFLUENZA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SORE THROAT; SPILANTHES; SPILANTHES AMERICANA; SPILANTHES CALVA; SPILANTHES PANICULATA; STOMATITIS; TONGUE PARALYSIS; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; VASODILATATION;

ASTERACEAE; HERBAL MEDICINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 81155125670     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20111103     Document Type: Review

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