Saussurea lappa (Kuth root): Review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology

Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Madhuri, K ^a   Elango, K ^a   Ponnusankar, S ^a  

^a JSS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Drug discovery; Ethnopharmacology; Pharmacology; Phytochemistry; Saussurea lappa; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETULIC ACID; COSTUNOLIDE; CYNAROPICRIN; CYSTEINE; DEHYDROCOSTUS LACTONE; GERMACRA 1 (10),4,11(13) TRIEN 12 OIC ACID; GERMACRA 1(10),4,11(13) TRIEN 12 AL; GERMACRA 1(10),4,11(13) TRIEN 12 OL; GERMACRENE A; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LAPPADILACTONE; NITRIC OXIDE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAUSSUREA LAPPA EXTRACT; SAUSSUREAMINE A; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAUSSUREA LAPPA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH FUNCTION; STOMACH PROTECTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 84861491265     PISSN: 15982386     EISSN: 22111069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13596-011-0043-1     Document Type: Review

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