Pharmacological activity of althaea officinalis L

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5662-5666

  Ali Shah, S M ^a   Akhtar, Naveed ^a   Akram, M ^b   Shah, Pervaiz Akhtar ^c   Saeed, Tariq ^c   Ahmed, Khalil ^a   Asif, H M ^a  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Althaea officinalis; Pectin; Pharmacological activity

Indexed keywords

ALTHAEA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; PECTIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPOLETIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTHAEA; ALTHEA OFFICINALIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; EDEMA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW;

EID: 82055166301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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