Ixora coccinea Linn.: Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-79

  Baliga, Manjeshwar Shrinath ^a   Kurian, Poruthukaran John ^b  

^a FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Father Muller Homeopathy Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Ixora coccinea; jungle of geranium; pharmacology; phytochemistry; scarlet ixora

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; EPICATECHIN; FAMOTIDINE; IXORA COCCINEA EXTRACT; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; LOPERAMIDE; LUPEOL; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; PROCYANIDIN; PYCNOGENOL; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; QUERCITRIN; RUTOSIDE; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ANOREXIA; ASCITES TUMOR; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTUSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSENTERY; DYSMENORRHEA; ECZEMA; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FEVER; FIBROSARCOMA; FURUNCULOSIS; GENOTOXICITY; GRANULOMA; HEMOPTYSIS; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; IXORA COCCINEA; LEUKOPENIA; LEUKORRHEA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOMA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUBIACEAE; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; SOLID TUMOR; SPRAIN; STOMACH ULCER; ULCER;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 84856269858     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-011-0881-3     Document Type: Review

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