Pharmacognostical aspects of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br.

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 480-488

  Sharma, Anil Kumar ^a   Kharb, Rajeev ^a   Kaur, Rajandeep ^a  

^a Shahpur Campus   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Calotropis procera; Macroscopy; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BARK; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CALOPTROPIS PROCERA; COLIC; COUGHING; CROP MANAGEMENT; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DRACUNCULIASIS; DYSENTERY; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFERTILITY; INFLORESCENCE; INSECT BITE; JAUNDICE; LEPROSY; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PHARMACOGNOSY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; STAMEN; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMATITIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWELLING; TINEA; TOOTH PAIN; ULCER; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; WOOD;

CALOTROPIS PROCERA;

EID: 82755196169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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