Medicinally potential plants of Labiatae (Lamiaceae) family: An overview

Research Journal of Medicinal Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-213

  Ramasubramania Raja, R ^a  

^a Jagan's College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Aromatic; Coleus; Labiatae; Spearmint; Tulsi

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAPONIN; TANNIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLERGY; ANTIALLERGIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLOATING; CHOLERA; COLEUS; CONTRACEPTION; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECZEMA; FEVER; FLATULENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IRRITABLE COLON; LAMIACEAE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTHA PIPERITA; METASTASIS; MORNING DOSAGE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PHARYNGITIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SORE THROAT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TENSION HEADACHE; THYME; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

COLEUS; LAMIACEAE; MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84855737214     PISSN: 18193455     EISSN: 21517924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.39231rjmp.2012.203.213     Document Type: Article

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