Pharmacognosy of Coccinia grandis: A review

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Tamilselvan, N ^a   Thirumalai, T ^a   Elumalai, E ^a   Balaji, R ^b   David, E ^b  

^a VOORHEES COLLEGE   (India)

^b THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Folklore plants; Medicinal values; Pharmacology activities; Phytochemical

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKALOID; AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; CARBOHYDRATE; COCCINIA GRANDIS EXTRACT; ELLAGIC ACID; FAMOTIDINE; FENOFIBRATE; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIGNAN; OMEPRAZOLE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; PROTEIN; SAPONIN; SILYMARIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDYSLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; COCCINIA GRANDIS; COUGHING; CUCURBITACEAE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG INDICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENZYME INHIBITION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEVER; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; HYPOLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; JAUNDICE; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PHARMACOGNOSY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRUCTURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; TAXONOMY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; ULCER; WOUND;

COCCINIA GRANDIS; CUCURBITACEAE;

EID: 84857976503     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60176-7     Document Type: Review

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